Robert Rutherford Holt was born in
Jacksonville, Florida, on December 27, 1917. He graduated from The Hill School in 1935. He received a BA in 1939 from
Princeton University, and MA in 1941 and a PhD in 1944, both from
Harvard University. He directed the Research Center for Mental Health at
New York University from 1953 to 1971 and retired from NYU as a professor of psychology emeritus in 1989. Holt received the
Bruno Klopfer Award in 1969. He died in
Truro, Massachusetts, on April 10, 2024, at the age of 106. == References ==