Chicago School founders: Francis Chiarmonte, Michael Castell, Alan Rosenwald, Marjorie Shamberg, Jeffrey Slutsky, Bernard Gold, Melvin Perlman.

It was the year of Three Mile Island, the American hostages in Tehran, the Steel City winning the Super Bowl and World Series, and Margaret Thatcher becoming Great Britain’s first female prime minister. 1979 also marked the birth of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. It was 30 years ago that a troop of seven psychology practitioners banded together to sign paperwork that formally incorporated a small institution that would eventually become the world’s leading graduate psychology university. Watch for a commemorative booklet—to be released in the fall—that tells the school’s story. If you have memories or photos to share—especially from the 1980s—contact us at insight@thechicagoschool.edu.