Walter B. Pillsbury

(1872-1960) lived in Lincoln and Grand Island. Educator, author, editor, experimental psychologist, considered one of the pioneers of American psychology, with his emphasis on attention and an eclectic approach to theory, authored 69 articles and 11 books, including the successful introductory textbook Fundamentals of Psychology (1916) and the valuable History of Psychology (1929), served in editorial capacity for three journals, including 63 years with American Journal of Psychology, revealing the length of his influence on the development of modern psychology, elected to National Academy of Sciences in 1925. Consult Pillsbury's personal recollections in History of Psychology in Autobiography, Vol 2 (1932) 265-295 and obituary in American Journal of Psychology, Vol 74 (1961) 165-173 and National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, Vol 37 (1964) 267-291 and American National Biography, Vol 17 (1999) 524-525.

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