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Murray Banks

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most sought after speakers in america in the 1950/60s”. Today it says “clinical psychologist”.
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Murray Banks was one of the most sought after speakers in America in the 1950/60s.1 Banks was a clinical psychologist, and was formerly a full professor of psychology at Long Island University, and at Pace College, NYC, where he headed the psychology department for over five years. He was also a visiting professor and special lecturer on various subjects at the University at North Carolina, New York University, Temple University, New Jersey State Teachers College, University of Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn College .

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one of the most sought after speakers in america in the 1950/60s

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clinical psychologist

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