Diversity and Personality Assessment: A Country Boy Goes City

Abstract

Born and raised in a country community in Northern Indiana, I mainly learn about the greater world through school, especially graduate school. Diversity and its companion, bigotry, have played major roles in my life along with many individuals—mostly women. I have been lucky to have learned from some of the major individuals in the field of personality assessment, particularly Sid Blatt and John Exner. On the verge of retirement, I look back on a career with affection and some trepidation.