Abstract
Psi Chi was founded at Yale University on 4 September 1929, during the historic Ninth International Congress of Psychology - the first congress on U.S. soil. This report recounts how Yale University has been partnering with leaders of Psi Chi to host four joyous Anniversary Convocations to date, to salute international psychology, Psi Chi and student excellence in psychology - in 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2019.
Highlights
Since Yale University was founded in 1701 – over 30 years before the birth of George Washington (1732–1799) – Yale surely has become a global center for excellence in research and teaching across many fields
In the case of psychology, Yale stands out for at least two reasons, both occurring back in 1929: 1) Yale hosted what has been called “the most impressive gathering in the history of psychology” – the Ninth International Congress of Psychology on 1–7 September 1929 – with a 535-page program book that listed 1,050 participants from 21 nations (Boring, 1930); 2) during this same week, Yale was the birthplace of Psi Chi, the “international honor society in psychology,” which has grown into “the world’s largest honor society,” with over 700,000 life members at 1,130 campuses world-wide as of 2019
Bockert found a long-lost photo of several hundred participants in the 1929 meeting, and Psi Chi paid $400 to restore this remarkable “Yard of Psychologists” photo in time to display at APA (Figure 2)
Summary
Since Yale University was founded in 1701 – over 30 years before the birth of George Washington (1732–1799) – Yale surely has become a global center for excellence in research and teaching across many fields. To celebrate Psi Chi’s 70th anniversary in 1999, a dozen Past-Presidents of Psi Chi gathered at the APA meeting in Boston (Figure 1). Yale University kindly agreed to host a 70th Anniversary Convocation in its stately Presidents Room – a majestic rotunda lined with portraits of Yale’s Presidents over the past 300 years. Bockert found a long-lost photo of several hundred participants in the 1929 meeting, and Psi Chi paid $400 to restore this remarkable “Yard of Psychologists” photo in time to display at APA (Figure 2).
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