Solomon Machover (May 23, 1906 – July 1, 1976) 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 Machover became a full professor at

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in 1961. In 1971, Machover was the chief psychologist at

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Awards and honors

In 1948, Machover became a Fellow of the Society for Projective Techniques and Rorschach Institute, Inc.

Personal life

In 1936, Machover married psychologist Karen Alper from Minsk, Belarus. They had a son, Robert Machover.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Machover, Soloman 1906 births 1976 deaths 20th-century American psychologists Social scientists from New York City SUNY Downstate Medical Center faculty Communist Party USA