Millard Christian Madsen, Professor [3241]

  Notater:

Millard Madsen left Valley City State College in 1950, to join the Air Force. There he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He didn't follow in the footsteps of his two older brothers and make the service his career. When his enlistment was up, he enrolled at San Jose College in California. After his graduation, he taught high school for several years in Fortuna, California. He then returned to college and earned his Ph.D., at the University of Oregon in 1964.
He then was on the Administrative Staff of UCLA for more than 18 years until his death of cancer in 1982. His wife, Sheila, and two sons reside in Los Angeles.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 201
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Millard Christian Madsen, Psychology: Los Angeles
1931-1982
Millard Madsen
After a brief illness, Millard C. Madsen died of cancer on July 9, 1982. He was born on October 5, 1931, in Hannaford, North Dakota. It was at the height of the depression and his surroundings were humble. Some of his early education was in an Indian school. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953, and then attended San Jose State College where he received a B.A. in Speech and Speech Pathology in 1956. After teaching for three years in a public school in Fortuna, California, he returned to San Jose State College to seek a Master's Degree in Psychology. From there he went on to the University of Oregon where he earned a second Master's Degree and in 1965, the Ph.D. in Psychology. He joined the UCLA faculty that same year.
His early research was concerned with the development of short-term memory in normal and mentally retarded children and the effects of electroconvulsive shock on animal memory. What became his life's work, however, was the elaboration of an elegantly simple paradigm for studying cooperation and competition in children. This paradigm was developed by Millard, while he was still a graduate student, in order to win support from the Carnegie Foundation for research in rural Mexico. After coming to UCLA, he devised several ingenious variants of the problem-solving game he used in Mexico, both to extend the conceptual basis of his research on the development of cooperation and competition, and to aid in the evaluation of the influence of socio-cultural variables.
He completed numerous studies in both rural and urban settings in Spain, Israel, Germany, Korea, and Papua New Guinea, as well as among several urban and Native American cultures in this country. Without regard for personal hardship, he collected most of his data himself, working with native translators and often spending long periods of time in isolated areas among the tribes of rural New Guinea. His research is widely cited, not only within psychology but throughout the social sciences, and many other investigators have used his games and procedures in a number of cross-cultural studies.

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Millard was particularly enthusiastic about his recent work in New Guinea because of the degree to which tribal isolation made it possible to select and compare different tribes on the basis of diverse social, cultural, and economic factors. He recently published comparisons of children's social behaviors among more than a dozen such tribes and cultural groups. A return trip to New Guinea was planned for Winter quarter of 1983.
A valued colleague, Millard was generous with his time for both students and faculty. He was a skilled and creative teacher and a responsible committee member both within and outside the department. His sometimes cynical wit enlivened many a turgid faculty meeting and his classes as well. Among his most salient and engaging characteristics were the humility and candor he brought to every situation and by which we came to know and revere him. For interested friends, scholars, and students, the Department of Psychology has established a permanent display in Franz Hall commemorating his work.
Source: Barbara A. Henker Morris K. Holland Wendell E. Jeffrey

  Om Millard

• USA Folketælling, 1940.
1940 United States Federal Census about Millard Madsen
Name: Millard Madsen
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1932
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: North Dakota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Greenfield, Griggs, North Dakota
Inferred Residence in 1935: Greenfield, Griggs, North Dakota
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 1A Attended School or College: Yes Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name, Age
Christ Madsen, 72
Alana Madsen , 47
Jewell Madsen, 18
Earl Madsen, 16
Millard Madsen , 8

• Dødsattest, 1982. ¹³⁷
California, Death Index, 1940-1997 about Millard Christian Madsen
Name: Millard Christian Madsen
Social Security #: 501222565
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1931
Birth Place: North Dakota
Death Date: 9 Jul 1982
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Nyboe

• U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 about Edward Nyboe, 1982.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 about Millard Madsen
Name: Millard Madsen
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1931
Death Date: 9 Jul 1982
SSN: 501222565
Enlistment Date 1: 2 Jan 1951

Millard blev gift med Joan C. Seitz [3243] [MRIN: 1139] i 1962. (Joan C. Seitz [3243] blev født i marts 1939.)

  Om Millard og Joan

• Skilsmisseattest, december 1968. ¹³⁷
Millard C Madsen
in the California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984
Name: Millard C Madsen
Spouse Name: Joan C Seitz
Location: Los Angeles City
Date: Dec 1968

Millard blev derefter gift med Sheila Y. Kunishima [3242] [MRIN: 1138] den 13. februar 1970 i Las Vegas. (Sheila Y. Kunishima [3242] blev født den 20. december 1940 i Los Angeles, Pacific States, California, United States og døde den 8. april 2005 i 91326 Northridge, Los Angeles, California ¹³⁷.)

  Om Millard og Sheila

• Vielsesattest, 1970.
Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 about Millard C Madsen
Name: Millard C Madsen
Gender: Male
Residence State: California
Spouse: Sheila Y Kunishima
Spouse residence state: California
Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1970
Marriage City: Las Vegas
Officiant Type: Civil celebrant
Recorded Date: 3 Mar 1970

Millard blev derefter gift med Mary Anne Norden [1972] [MRIN: 609] den 16. september 1955 i Reno, Nevada. (Mary Anne Norden [1972] blev født i Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA.)

  Om Millard og Mary

• Skilsmisseattest, 23. juli 1962, Lane, Oregon, USA. ¹³⁷
Millard Madsen
in the Oregon, Divorce Records, 1961-1985
Name: Millard Madsen
Gender: Male
Divorce Date: 23 Jul 1962
Divorce Place: Lane, Oregon, USA
Spouse: Mary Norlen
Spouse Gender: Female
Certificate Number:03032