 Founded by psychologist Richard Farson, physicist Paul Lloyd and social psychologist Wayman Crow, the Institute came to embrace all of the other disciplines interested in human relations - sociology, political science, philosophy, economics, anthropology, etc.Its staff has always included outstanding leaders in the social sciences.WBSI became best known, perhaps, as the place Carl Rogers, considered by many to be the most influential psychologist in American history, developed his theories of group behavior, or the place famed psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote his most important book, "Toward a Psychology of Being", or the place that produced the winner of the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, "Journey Into Self".