Solomon Machover Explained

Solomon Machover
Birth Date:	23 May 1906
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	psychologist
Employer:	Kings County Hospital Center
Organization:	Psychologists League
Children:	1 son
Honours:	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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Solomon Machover July 1, 1976 Obituary. newspaperarchive.com. en. 2018-11-29.
2. Harris, B. (in press). "Down with Fascism, Up with Science": Activist Psychologists in the U.S., 1932-1941. History of Psychology.
3. News: 8 Profs Upped At Med Center. July 3, 1961. New York Daily News. 2018-11-29. en. Newspapers.com.
4. December 1, 1950. List of Members and Fellows of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc. as of December 1, 1950. Journal of Projective Techniques. en. 14. 4. 484–498. 10.1080/08853126.1950.10380351. 0885-3126.
5. News: Karen Machover, Psychologist, Dies at 93. The New York Times . January 28, 1996. 2018-11-29. en.