august september american psychologist served faculty harvard_university retirement lesser chief advisers later known workshop development content educational programming included children television program street harvard chair years focused cross cultural studies child studied effects media young children wrote children television lessons street chronicled developed air lesser developed research methods history shows debut led series content important model incorporated educational research scripts develop educational programs organizations world died age eighty survived wife daughter son early life professional career lesser born august queens younger children grew jamaica neighborhood queens graduated years columbia_university served united_states navy world war returned finish undergraduate degree earn master psychology columbia earned yale_university child development psychology studying effects visual media children design educational programming married lesser taught education hired taught developmental psychology application education chair harvard years focused cross cultural studies child responsible recruiting developmental cultural influenced studies child development education honored lesser professor harvard dean recipient lesser retired professor emeritus harvard death lesser colleagues reported big impact students colleagues worked world remained dedicated students remained integral presence lives graduate students lesser scholars study effect television young children hired nbc educational consultant exploring created response chairman charge networks create quality shows children lesser studied exploring helped children learn order help producers improve observed children watched able shows produced lesser experiences nbc led involvement development street lesser wrote mental abilities children different social cultural groups published book children television lessons street called creating producing children television account hard work dedication required street air street lesser asked help develop lead research department newly formed later workshop organization responsible production educational television programs invited vice president street creator met psychology students yale lesser skeptical new potential ability teach children according took convincing lesser later reported involved able real contribution saw creator developing goals curriculum new experimental venture education television chairman advisory board position held lesser skeptical qualifications ceo time wrote stated book foreword couldn begin measure proud colleague happy know pleasure company according new_york_times lesser poured street helping ensure start new experimental venture education television enjoyable fellow researchers credited lesser main architect stated extensive use innovative television techniques meant highly experimental nature lesser developed research methods study impact children history according ceo lesser trail path entire industry set standard education intersection media stated lesser challenged conventional wisdom time television teach young children proved organic technological species lived rules engagement beginning june conducted series harvard manhattan led lesser important aspect model incorporated educational research scripts develop educational programs organizations world purpose expose production team filmmakers involved creative aspects new scholars experts encourage groups work create curriculum goals new production team skeptical place research objective analysis production television lesser previous experience television warm informal collaborative manner proficiency leading meetings convinced researcher stated running meetings stiff formal casual friendly according producer despite participants personalities experiences lesser reason successful lesser set meetings tone agenda recruited participants stated message clear work going allowed lesser appeared street appear promotional films created persuade television stations air program worked shows including contact square involved developing versions street created countries death resident lexington massachusetts lesser died age september massachusetts cerebral survived wife daughter son awards fellow distinguished contribution award visiting professor senior fellow center media studies works patterns organic patients advanced age october biographical factors psychiatric symptoms lesser september relationship overt fantasy aggression function maternal response aggression conflict analysis fantasy aggression application scaling method aggressive fantasy children educational psychological measurement measurement children personality connecticut developmental theory lesser personality children february relationships forms aggression popularity lower class children february population differences construct validity religion defensive responses children fantasy research july educational psychological measurement 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