Nicholas Hobbs Papers - Classification Project

Nicholas Hobbs was born on March 13, 1915, in Greenville, South Carolina. He received his BA from The Citadel in 1936 and his MA from Ohio State University in 1938. He directed the Aviation Psychology Program as a member of the Air Force during World War II. In 1946, he received his Ph.D. from Ohio State. He taught at Columbia University (1946-1950), Louisiana Statue University (1950-1951), and George Peabody College for Teachers (1951-1965). In 1965, he became the director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and he served as provost of Vanderbilt University from 1967 to 1975. In 1975, he helped found the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, and he served as the director of the Institute’s Center for the Study of Families and Children until he retired in 1980. He died in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 23, 1983.