Carl Haywood Papers

H. Carl Haywood (1939-2020) grew up in Thomaston, Georgia, and attended West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia) from 1948 to 1950. He interrupted his education to serve in the U.S. Navy from 1950 to 1954. At San Diego State College, he earned an A.B. in 1956 and an M.A. in 1957, both in psychology. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Illinois in 1961. Haywood joined George Peabody College for Teachers in 1962 as a faculty member in psychology and as supervising clinical psychologist at the Peabody Child Study Center. When the Kennedy Center opened in 1968 with Hobbs as director, Haywood became director of what was then called the Mental Retardation Research Training Program. He also led what became known as IMRID (Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development) from 1970 to 1973. In 1971, Haywood was appointed director of the Kennedy Center, a position he held through 1983. From 1984 to 1986, he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation. Haywood died in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 12, 2020.