Lyle H. Lanier | |
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| Born | Lyle Hicks Lanier January 11, 1903 |
| Died | December 30, 1988 (aged 85) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University Peabody College |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, writer |
| Employer(s) | Vanderbilt University University of Illinois American Council of Education |
| Title | Dr |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
Lyle H. Lanier (January 11, 1903 – December 30, 1988) was an American experimental psychologist and writer.
As a faculty member at Vanderbilt University from 1929 to 1938, Lanier published research comparing the mental abilities of whites and blacks, alleging whites were superior.[1] A member of the Southern Agrarians, he was a contributor to I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition.
In the 1940s, Lanier was chair of the Department of Psychology at Vassar College, where he showed that the pain threshold depended on specific individuals.[2] In 1947, he served as the Executive Director of the Committee on Human Resources of the United States Department of Defense.
Later, Lanier was chair of the Department of Psychology at New York University and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UI), followed by vice president and provost at UI. He ended his career as the Director of Administrative Affairs and Educational Statistics for the American Council of Education, and retired in Phoenix, Arizona.