George Martin HASLERUD

   Other names for George were G. M. HASLERUD and George M. HASLERUD.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, 14 Sep 1904, Fargo, Cass County, ND.

• Biography.
The DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE presents
The George M. Haslerud Undergraduate Research Conference
April 28, 2006


George Martin Haslerud (1906-1990)
George Haslerud began his career in psychology with a Bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1930. After completing his dissertation on creative transfer in 1934, he took a position at the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University where he pursued an interest in primate behavior. In 1936 he became an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee where he married Ethlyn Hurd and began a family. In 1945 they moved to New Hampshire where Haslerud joined the Psychology Department.

Both Hasleruds were founding members of the New Hampshire Psychological Association. Haslerud made many contributions to the Department of Psychology here at UNH. He was a general psychologist who spent a great deal of time mentoring students and teaching a range of courses, sending many of his students on to graduate schools and careers in psychology. Haslerud also brought with him an important global perspective, twice receiving Fulbright Fellowships for study abroad. He maintained an interest in department and university activities until his death in 1990. It is in honor of this important UNH educator that we acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of current UNH undergraduates today.

[http://www.unh.edu/psychology/media/pdfs/Haslerud%20Program%202006.pdf]

• Census: Crockston City, 1910, Polk County, MN. 532 117 121 Haslerud, Peter K 53 Norway Norway Norway
Josephine F 29 MN Norway Norway
George M 3 ND Norway MN
Alice H 9/12 MN Norway MN
Femraite, Henry M 22 MN Norway Norway [lodger]

• Census: Crookston > District 18 > Page 6, 1930, Polk County, MN. line 63

532 63 67 Haselrud Josephine F. 49 wd
--- George M. 23
--- Alice H. 20

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• Reference: Rogersville Review, Rogersville, Tenn, 1939, TN. April 13, 1939
Rogersville Review's Query Box

Q. Is a large head a sign of intelligence?
A. There is normally no relationship between intelligence and the size of the head. The very largest and the very smallest brains belong to idiots but there is no correlation otherwise according to Dr. G. M. Haslerud, U-T psychologist.

• Obituary: New York Times, 13 Apr 1990. April 13, 1990
George Haslerud, 83, Psychology Professor
LEAD: George M. Haslerud, a retired psychology professor at the University of New Hampshire, died Tuesday at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital in Dover, N.H., after a short illness. He was 83 years old and lived in Durham.

George M. Haslerud, a retired psychology professor at the University of New Hampshire, died Tuesday at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital in Dover, N.H., after a short illness. He was 83 years old and lived in Durham.

Professor Haslerud taught psychology at the university for 27 years, retiring in 1972. He was twice awarded Fulbright professorships, in 1968 to teach at the Catholic University in Lima, Peru, and in 1953 to teach at Kyoto University in Japan.

His book ''Transfer, Memory, Creativity'' was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1972.

Professor Haslerud received bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota and taught at Yale University and the University of Tennessee before joining the New Hampshire faculty in 1945.

He is survived by his wife, the former Ethelyn Hurd; three daughters, Beth Boyd of Baltimore, Karen Haslerud of Derry, N.H., and Ann Ross of Wayland, Mass., and three grandsons.

George married Ethelyn HURD on 17 Aug 1936 in Winsor, NY. (Ethelyn HURD was born on 21 Aug 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died on 4 Feb 2000 in New Hampshire ².)