Los Angeles, July 26, M, Henry Didot, the 6 Consul here, announced to-day that Mr. Rufus Bernhard von Kieinsmid, the eminent psychologist now resi" dent in Los Angeles, has bey awarded the Legion of Honour, The decoration will be formally bestowed late in September.
Mx. Kleinsmid, born in Iinois, studied beth in the United States and in Europe, taking many honorary degrees'and teaching in DePauw university for many years until he became President of the University of Arizona in 1914, relinquishing this post to. assume the presidency of the University of Southern California in 1922, He has been associate superinten-dont and director of research at Indiana reformatory, working out means for the study and reformer tion of criminals, has been President of the Drug Addiction Bureau, honorary Vice-President of the £alifornia Society for Promotion of (medical Research, has worked child conservation activities and has been prominent in many other social and sociological activities.
Mr. Kleinsmid is author of many monographs upon education, aplied psychology.and criminology.—United Press.
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