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David McClelland's Achievement Motivation (1917-1998) Biography of David McClelland David Clarence McClelland was born on 20th May 1917 in Mt. Vernon in New York. In 1938, he received his first B.A. degree from Wesleyan University. In 1939, he obtained his M.A. degree from the University of Missouri. In 1941, he acquired his PhD in Experimental Psychology from Yale University. In 1956, McClelland was employed as a professor at Connecticut College for Women in London. Then he taught at Wesleyan University, before accepting a position at Harvard University in 1956, in Cambridge Massachusetts. He became a Professor Emeritus of Psychology in that university. When McClelland gained a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958, he joined the McBer consultancy in 1963. He offered assistance to managers in assessing and training employees. After thirty years at Harvard University, he moved to work at Boston University in 1987. He became a distinguished Research Professor of Psychology in that institution. He had...

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