| Abstract: | During his long career, Dale B. Harris was at various times a teacher, author, editor, researcher, high school principal, organizational leader, department administrator, and government advisor. He is probably best known for his research on children's drawings, specifically, his extension of the work by Florence Goodenough that resulted in the Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Person Test. Harris was a participant in the famed Thayer Conference (1954) on school psychology. He was a delegate to the White House Conferences on Children and Youth in 1950 and 1960 and was active in several professional organizations, including the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). He served as president of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association in 1956. He was also active in community organizations, both in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
