Solomon Machover
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BornMay 23, 1906
DiedJuly 1, 1976 (aged 70)
Occupationpsychologist
EmployerKings County Hospital Center
Solomon Machover | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1906 |
| Died | July 1, 1976 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | psychologist |
| Employer | Kings County Hospital Center |
| Organization | Psychologists League |
| Spouse |
Karen Alper (m. 1936) |
| 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.
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.
