Finding aid for the David V. Tiedeman papers

Biography of David V. Tiedeman

David Valentine Tiedeman was born in northern New York in 1919. He earned his A.B. in psychology from Union College in 1941 and his A.M. in psychology at the University of Rochester in 1943. He earned an Ed.M. in 1948 and an Ed.D. in 1949, both in educational measurement from Harvard. During WWII, he was involved in designing tests for Army and Navy officers at the College Board. He also analyzed medical data on radiation exposure for the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb.

After graduation, Tiedeman stayed at Harvard as a faculty member. From 1955 to 1971, he directed the Harvard Studies in Career Development. From 1963 to 1976, he co-directed the Harvard Center for Research in Careers. Tiedeman was a major contributor to vocational guidance and formulated the Career Construction Theory. After his retirement, he established the Lifecareer Foundation with his wife and collaborator, Anna Miller-Tiedeman.

Tiedeman was a member of the American Association for Counseling and Development, the American Educational Research Association, and the American Psychological Association (APA). He served as president of the National Vocational Guidance Association and APA's Division of Counseling Psychology. In 1979, he received the Eminent Career Award from the National Vocational Guidance Association.

Tiedeman passed away in September of 2004.

Scope and Content

The David V. Tiedeman papers include correspondence and research, largely from research projects Tiedeman was working on. There is a large amount of material regarding psychological and school testing as well as much correspondence between Tiedeman and members of several committees, and Commission on Guidance reports.

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Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron