Joseph Banks Rhine - Biographical Timeline

Biographical Timeline

• 1895, Sept. 29 Born, Waterloo, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
• ca. 1915-1917 Attended Ohio Northern University and the College of Wooster as a preministerial student.
• 1919 Discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps.
• 1920 Married Louisa Ella Weckesser.
• 1922 Bachelor of Science in botany, University of Chicago.
• 1923 Master of Science in botany, University of Chicago.
• 1923-24 Research fellow in plant physiology at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Yonkers, New York.
• 1924-26 Taught plant physiology, West Virginia University in Morgantown.
• 1925 Ph.D. in botany, University of Chicago.
• 1926-27 Worked with Dr. Franklin Prince at the Boston Society for Psychical Research.
• 1927 Came to Duke University to work with Dr. William McDougall, who had just been named head of the Psychology Dept.
• 1928 Offered an instructorship in philosophy and psychology at Duke with understanding he could do psychical research as well.
• 1930 Under sponsorship of McDougall, founded Parapsychology Laboratory which at first was part of Duke Psychology Department.
• 1933-34 Ran tests on subjects to examine if they could move a deck of "ESP" cards with their minds alone.
• 1934 Published Extra-Sensory Perception.
• ca. 1935 Laboratory was set apart from the Dept. of Psychology, given some financial support and became known as the Parapsychology Laboratory of Duke University.
• 1937 Launched the Journal of Parapsychology.
• 1962 Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man was established under Rhine's guidance.
• 1965 Retired from Duke and the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory was transferred into the Institute of Parapsychology under the sponsorship of the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man.
• 1980, Feb. 20 Died, Hillsborough, North Carolina