The professional activities and publications of Daniel A. Prescott, first Director of the Institute for Child Study at the University of Maryland are reviewed. Prescott's contributions were in the areas of child study, education, and human development. He was especially interested in synthesizing research findings on child and adolescent development from a variety of areas, e.g., genetics, physiology, endocrinology, anatomy, pediatrics, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, education, etc., and communicating them in nontechnical language to educators, parents, and others.
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