Fitzhugh J. Dodson (October 28, 1923, Baltimore, Maryland – May 2, 1993, Long Beach, California[2]) was an American clinical psychologist, lecturer and educator.
He attended high school in Baltimore,[8] living at 704 Wyndhurst Avenue with his parents, younger sister and maternal grandparents.
[3] During his student years he was editor of a newspaper, president of the freshman class, senior member of the student council, business manager of the debating council and a member of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Delta Epsilon and Omicron Delta Kappa.
[15] He was senior psychological consultant to Project Head Start in Long Beach Unified School District.
[16] He went on to work as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Redondo Beach[15] for more than 25 years,[2] treating children, adolescents and adults by both individual and group psychotherapy and also educating parents and undertaking marriage counselling.
[1] Dodson died of heart failure at the age of 69 on May 2, 1993, at the Alamitos Belmont Rehabilitation Hospital in Long Beach, California.
"[20] Alongside this teaching, he strongly emphasised the importance of a strong, loving family structure, and favoured three-generation extended families; he taught that society should train people in parenting and grandparenting skills, suggesting that parenting should be taught in high schools, and that evening classes should also be available.