ABSTRACT

In 1892, I was one of the 26 charter members of the new American Psychological Association, and I attended its second annual meeting in New York (Sokal, 1973). I spoke twice before at APA conventions: my Presidential Address in 1899 and an invited address at APA’s 25th anniversary celebration in 1916. I would like to review my presidential address and my lectures at Stanford University in 1918, and I shall offer my comments on psychology of the 1990s. But first let me highlight my early life and career, my memory refreshed, by referring to some biographies of me (J. M. Dewey, 1939/1989; Dykhuizen, 1973). Along the way, I shall comment on some of my better-remembered colleagues.