Carl and Helen Rogers, 1973

Important Events in the Life of Carl Ransom Rogers Formative Years 1902, January 8: Carl is born in Oak Park, Illinois 1919, Enters agriculture program at University of Wisconsin, Madison 1922, Travels to the Far East, Japan, Korea, China 1922, October 22: Becomes engaged to Helen Elliott 1924, June 23: Receives BA in History from University of Wisconsin 1924, August 28: Marries Helen Elliott 1924, Enrolls in liberal Union Theological Seminary, New York City 1925, Summer: Serves as visiting pastor in Dorset, Vermont 1926, Leaves Union for Columbia University Teachers College 1926, March 17: David Elliott Rogers born 1927, June 1: Receives MA from Columbia University Teachers College Emerging Theory 1928, Joins Rochester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (RSPCC) as child psychologist 1928, October 9: Natalie Rogers born 1929, Appointed director of the Child Study Department, RSPCC 1931, March 20: Receives doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College 1931, Measuring Personality Adjustment in Children is published 1939, The Clinical Treatment of the Problem Child is published 1940, Accepts position at Ohio State University as clinical psychologist and full professor 1940, December 11: Client-centered therapy is “born” as Carl addresses the University of Minnesota’s Psychological Honors Society 1942, Counseling and Psychotherapy is published Theory in Practice 1945, Moves to the University of Chicago to start Counseling Center 1945, Counseling With Returned Servicemen is published 1946-1947, Serves as president of the American Psychological Association (APA) 1951, Client-Centered Therapy is published 1954, Psychotherapy and Personality Change (with Rosalind Dymond and others) is published 1956, Receives the APA’s first Distinguished Contribution Award 1957, Accepts appointment at University of Wisconsin, Madison in psychiatry and psychology 1961, On Becoming a Person is published Global Influence 1964, Moves to La Jolla, California, to join staff of the Western Behavioral Studies Institute (WBSI) 1967, The Therapeutic Relationship and It’s Impact: A Study of Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics is published 1968, With several WBSI colleagues, leaves to form the Center for Studies of the Person (CSP) 1968, Man and the Science of Man (with William Coulson) is published 1968, Person to Person (with Barry Stevens) is published 1968-1977, Works with “encounter groups” and larger organizations 1969, Freedom To Learn: A View of What Education Might Become is published 1970, Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups is published 1972, Becoming Partners: Marriage and Its Alternatives is published 1977, Carl Rogers on Personal Power: Inner Strength and its Revolutionary Impact is published 1979, March 29: Helen Rogers dies 1980, Freedom To Learn for the 80’s is published 1980, A Way of Being is published 1975-1985, Travels extensively in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Russia, Japan, and South America to facilitate Person-Centered Approach workshops 1985, The Rust Peace Workshop, Austria 1987, January 28: Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Congressman Jim Bates 1987, February 4: Carl dies in La Jolla, California Transitions (Published after Carl's Death) 1989, The Carl Rogers Reader, edited by Howard Kirschenbaum and Valerie Henderson, is published 1989, Carl Rogers Dialogues: Conversations with Buber, Tillich, Skinner, Bateson, Polyani, May and others, edited by Howard Kirschenbaum and Valerie Henderson, is published 1994, Freedom To Learn is revised by H. Jerome Freiberg and is published 1995, A Way Of Being is re-published 2002, Carl Rogers: The Quiet Revolutionary, an Oral History is published back to top

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