Adma d'Heurle

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Adma Jeha d'Heurle
BornJune 21, 1924
Bishmizzine, Lebanon
DiedOctober 19, 2019
Ossining, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater American University of Beirut
Smith College
University of Chicago
OccupationPsychologist
SpouseFrançois d'Heurle
ChildrenThree

Adma Jeha d'Heurle (June 21, 1924 - October 19, 2019) was an American psychologist, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. where she was an advocate for social justice and peace issues, as well as ethics within the social sciences curriculum. [1]

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Biography

d'Heurle was born in Bishmizzine, Lebanon and graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1947. She then came to the United States and received her master's degree in 1948 Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in psychology in 1953 from the University of Chicago. [2] [3] d'Heurle was married to François d'Heurle, with whom she had three children. She died on October 19, 2019, in Ossining, New York. [2]

Career

d'Heurle taught briefly at Saint Xavier College (Chicago). from 1954 to 1958. In 1961, shortly after moving to Westchester County, New York, she became one of five original faculty members of the newly founded Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, New York). In 2002, she was named Distinguished Professor. Her career also included administrative positions at Mercy College (Chairwoman of the Department of Psychology, Department of Education, and Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences) and service as evaluator for nearly three decades for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools—Commission on Higher Education. [4]  In addition, d'Heurle served as adjunct professor at Long Island University, Lecturer in Social Thought at Stanford University, Fulbright Scholar at Uppsala Universitet (Sweden), Visiting Scholar in the Humanities at New York University, and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Turku (Turun Yliopisto, in Finland).

She also served as editor of Cross Currents —an ecumenical journal of religious studies—and regular contributor of book reviews to World Literature Today . d'Heurle's research represented a gradual broadening from the child, to the couple, family, community, and societies around the world. Her scholarship ranged over the diaries of Anaïs Nin and Simone de Beauvoir; films of Ingmar Bergman; novels of D. H. Lawrence; dramas of Henrik Ibsen; fairy tales and folktales of Europe, Japan, Africa and the Middle East; and schoolbooks and educational systems of various countries.

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References

  1. ↑ "CENTERS FOR PEACE FIND HOMES IN THE COUNTY". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. 1 2 Spillane, Michael P. McKinney and Matt. "Adma d'Heurle, founding faculty member at Mercy College, died at 95". The Journal News. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  3. ↑ "News from Shelburne Falls and Vicinity: Ashfield, Local and Personal". The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts). July 30, 1948. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Rooney, Randi. "Beloved Mercy Founder, Author, Distinguished Professor d'Heurle Passes at 95". The Impact. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
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