Fellow of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc.
Solomon Machover (May 23, 1906 – July 1, 1976)[1] was an American psychologist.
Career
As a young clinician at Bellevue Hospital, Machover collaborated with a small group of activists there (including his future wife Karen Alper) to found the Psychologists League. He was a member of the Communist Party caucus at Bellevue and became the first Chairman of the League. It was a Popular Front group with liberal, socialist and communist members that agitated for jobs and better treatment for psychologists [2]
Machover became a full professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1961.[3] In 1971, Machover was the chief psychologist at Kings County Hospital Center.
Awards and honors
In 1948, Machover became a Fellow of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc.[4]
Personal life
In 1936, Machover married psychologist Karen Alper from Minsk, Belarus. They had a son, Robert Machover.[5]
^"List of Members and Fellows of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc. as of December 1, 1950". Journal of Projective Techniques. 14 (4): 484–498. December 1, 1950. doi:10.1080/08853126.1950.10380351. ISSN0885-3126.