Rollo May

Rollo May (April 21, 1909, Ada, Ohio - October 22, 1994, Tiburon, California) was the best known American existential psychologist, authoring the influential book Love and Will in 1969.

Biography

May experienced a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing and his sister suffering a mental breakdown. His educational odyssey took him to Michigan State University and Oberlin College for a bachelor's degree, teaching for a time in Greece, to Union Theological Seminary for a BD in 1938, and finally to Columbia University for a PhD in clinical psychology in 1949.

Related Topics:
Michigan State University - Oberlin College - Greece - Union Theological Seminary - BD - 1938 - Columbia University - 1949

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He spent the closing years of his life in Tiburon on the San Francisco Bay, where he died in October of 1994.

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