Dorwin Cartwright

Dorwin Philip Cartwright (March 3, 1915 – July 18, 2008) was an American social psychologist, and considered one of the founders of the field of group dynamics. Cartwright's research and writing topics included the mathematical foundations of group dynamics, the sources of social power, the nature of group structure and the causes of risk taking in groups.^[1] He was a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan for 31 years.

Dorwin P. Cartwright
Born	(1915-03-03)March 3, 1915 Des Moines, Iowa
Died	July 18, 2008(2008-07-18) (aged 93) Santa Barbara, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Swarthmore College Harvard University
Scientific career
Fields	Social psychology
Institutions	University of Michigan
Thesis	Decision-time in Relation to the Differentiation of the Phenomenal Field (1940)
Doctoral advisors	Kurt Lewin Edwin Boring
Doctoral students	Alex Bavelas Harold Kelley John Thibaut Robert Zajonc