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There were no children. He graduated from Stanford University with an M.A. and a Ph.D. He was the author, with others, of the Otis-Benet' IQ Test, as well as several text books. He was a high salaried man in the World Book Company in Yonkers , NY Source: Copies of letters from Mrs. Wm. K. Sinton, Colorado, 1932. [JHJ] United States Census, 1 June 1900 Name: Arthur S. Otis Event Place: Preninct 7 Pasadena city, Los Angeles, California, United States Gender: Male Age: 14 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Date: Jul 1886 Birthplace: Colorado Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: New York District: 119 Sheet Number and Letter: 11A Household ID: 264 Line Number: 48 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number T623 GS Film Number: 1240092 Digital Folder Number: 004118426 Image Number: 00025
United States Census, 1 January 1920 Name: Arthur S. Otis Residence: Palo Alto Township Palo Alto City, Santa Clara, California Estimated Birth Year: 1887 Age: 33 Birthplace: Colorado Relationship to Head of Household: Self Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Mother's Birthplace: Film Number: 1820147 Digital Folder Number: 4293853 Image Number: 00082 Sheet Number: 15
New York State Census, 1 June 1925 Name: Arthur S. Otis Event Place: Yonkers Ward 08, A.D. 05, E.D. 06, Westchester, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 38 Nationality: United States Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 House Number: 122 Page: 27 Line Number: 14 [RFSS Jun 2016] United States Census, 1 April 1930 Name: Arthur S. Otis Event Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 43 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 Birthplace: Colorado Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Birthplace: New York Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 1 District: ED 60 Sheet Number and Letter: 1A Household ID: 4 Line Number: 18 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T626 Affiliate Film Number: 1668 GS Film Number: 2341402 Digital Folder Number: 004952270 Image Number: 00814
United States Census, 1 April 1940 Name: Authur Otis Event Place: Ward 8, Yonkers, Yonkers City, Westchester, New York, United States Gender: Male Age: 53 Marital Status: Divorced Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Colorado Birth Year (Estimated): 1887 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 68-92B Family Number: 116 Sheet Number and Letter: 5B Line Number: 45 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 2865 Digital Folder Number: 005459475 Image Number: 01014 [RFSS Jun 2016] United States Social Security Death Index Given Name: Arthur Surname: Otis Birth Date: 28 July 1886 Social Security Number: 075-10-5398 State: New York Last Place of Residence: Previous Residence Postal Code: Event Date: January 1964 Age: 78 [RFSS Sep 2005] Obituary published in the Colorado Springs Free Press on Thursday 16 January 1964 reads Dr. Arthur Sinton Otis A native of Colorado, Dr. Arthur Sinton Otis, died Dec. 31 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The 77 vear old musician and author devised the famed Alpha Beta aptitude test first given to GI's in World War I and later modified it for use in public schools. His tests were known as the Otis IQ tests when used in Colorado Springs Schools. He played the piano, the violin and the trombone, composed musical scores and wrote Stanford's football fight song. Dr. Otis retired in 1945. He wrote several books and articles on science. Survivors include his wife, Edna Otis and their daughter, Marlene, of St. Petersburg; A sister Miss Margaret Sinton Otis of Alhambra, Calif.; and cousins Herbert G. Sinton, George T. Sinton, Grant Sinton, Mrs. Prudence Sinton Mick, Mrs. Bell Sinton Willett and Dr. J. J, Simon, all of Colorado Springs. The transcript comes courtesy of the Pikes Peak Library District's Special Collections [RFSS Oct 2010]
Special to The New York Times JAN. 2, 1964 ARTHUR OTIS DIES Dr. Arthur Sinton Otis, psychologist, musician, composer and author, died in a hospital here last night. He was 77 years old and had lived here in retirement since the late nineteenforties. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. Dr. Otis was best known as the man who devised the aptitude tests that served as the basis for testing 1,700,000 men drafted into the Army in World War I. The Otis Group Intelligence Tests still are widely used by the military services and by American colleges and school systems for testing students. He also devised the Otis Self Administering Tests of Mental Ability in 1922 and the Otis Classification Test in 1923. His studies and interests were so, varied, associates said "No one can say what art he is concentrating on now." A reporter once said of him, "He's master of all trades, jack of none, to reverse the old saying." Attended Stanford Dr. Otis was born in Denver, July 28, 1886. He went to Stanford University to study civil engineering but after two years switched to psychology and received A.B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. It was while he was working toward his doctorate that he experimented with mass psychological testing and devised the tests that were used in World War I. During that war he was assigned to the Army Sanitary Corps before becoming director of research in the division of psychology in the office of the Surgeon General in Washington. After the war Dr. Otis returned briefly to Stanford as an instructor. In 1921 he joined the World Book Company of Yonkers, as editor of tests and mathematics, a post he held for 25 years. In World War II he was a psychological consultant to the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and after retiring from this post, in 1945, he served as psychological and aerodynamics consultant for the Civil Aeronautics Administration until 1948. Dr. Otis wrote books, pamphlets and magazine articles on geometry, accounting, arithmetic, aeronautics, traffic congestion, highway improvement, taxation and voting patterns. Critical of Einstein While in retirement here, he wrote "Light Velocity and Relativity," a book designed to show that Einstein's theory of relativity was "unreasonable." The book was privately printed and hundreds of copies were given to universities and public and private libraries. In 1957, he wrote "The Conceptual Interpretation of the Einstein Theory of Relativity: Is it Valid?" He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and a member of the American Psychological Association, the New York Academy of Science, the American Educational Research Association, the National Academy of Economics and Political Science and the Academy of World Economics. A tall, athletic man, he kept in trim playing tennis and won several trophies, including a St. Petersburg senior doubles championship. He took flying lessons when he was 50, obtained a pilot's license, bought a small plane and flew it from Florida to California to New York and back to Florida. In 1910, while he was a student at Stanford, he composed the "Fight Song" for the University football team. Dr. Otis is survived by his widow, Marlene, and a sister, Miss Margaret Otis. The last paragraph should read: Dr. Otis is survived by his widow Edna, daughter Marlene, and a sister, Miss Margaret Otis. [RFSS Jun 2016] |
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| [ s1543 ] | Social Security Death Index - United States of America - SS#: 075-10-5398 |
| [ s1209 ] | Obituary - Published in the Colorado Springs Free Press on Thursday 16 January 1964 - OB1964-16-01-ASO |
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