death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
hamden , connecticut 30 march 2000 new york american 3 march 1909 leonard w. doob
 leonard william doob professor us owi in wwii , psychology and propaganda , conflict , resolution , psychology , anthropology , sociology , communications , researcher philosophy , director of overseas intelligence ,
leonard w. doob

leonard william doob -lrb- march 3 , 1909 -- march 29 , 2000 -rrb- , was the sterling professor emeritus of psychology at yale university , was a pioneering figure in the fields of cognitive and social psychology , propaganda and communication studies , as well as conflict resolution .
he served as director of overseas intelligence for the office of war information in world war ii and also wrote several works intersecting cognition , psychology and philosophy .
