Winthrop N. Kellogg

Winthrop Kellogg joined the Psychology faculty at Florida State University in 1950, just three years after the institution became a University and three years before the Department would award its first Ph.D. He retired from FSU in 1963.
 
Before coming to FSU, Kellogg had a distinguished research and teaching career at Indiana University, spanning over two decades. He was known for his work in behavioral studies of conditioning, and especially for his innovative study of development in which he and his wife, Luella, raised a chimpanzee with their son in a home environment. He received the first research grant awarded by the new National Institute of Mental Health (1947).
 
Kellogg was, perhaps, the most distinguished life scientist at FSU, and he contributed significantly to the Department's reputation for research and graduate training. With grant support from the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and University funds, Kellogg vigorously undertook pioneering studies of echolocation in porpoises at a marine lab near Tallahassee in the Gulf of Mexico. He also studied echolocation in blind and sighted humans. After retiring from FSU he continued studies of porpoise and human sensory abilities at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California. Kellogg died in 1972.
 
In 1982, Florida State University re-named the Psychology Research Building as the Kellogg Research Building.
 
This web site provides an overview of Winthrop Kellogg's career. It was researched and prepared by three undergraduates (See Acknowledgement on web site) in the History & Systems of Psychology course who expressed an interest in knowing more about the person for whom the Kellogg Research Building is named. The framework for this site was provided by a paper written by Ludy Benjamin and Darryl Bruce on the occasion of the dedication of the Kellogg Research Building. Their complete paper is available as a pdf file on the site. Excerpts from their paper, used throughout the site, are acknowledged as written by "B&B".
 
We hope you will enjoy learning about Winthrop Kellogg's varied and interesting career in research.
 
 
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