Kurt Lewin Biographies and Contributions

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Unfreezing change in 3 steps

Unfreezing change

Contributions to Organizational Development (Springer)

Lewin Notes from Victor Daniels

One of Lewin’s students created the concept of Cognitive Dissonance.

Kurt Lewin

Kurt Lewin and his wife Gertrud bought the house from the Patey Family in 1945.

Dr. Lewin was the founder of the field of Social Psychology. There are numerous biographies and summaries of his contributions available.

We discovered Lewin lived in the house when we found this oil burner permit in the basement.

Lewin’s son Daniel graduated from Newton (North?) High School in 1951

Gerturid Lewin sold the home to the Rhodes family in 1951.

Ownership History

Ownership of a property can be traced backward at masslandrecords.com Middlesex South.

DateFromToDeed
5/11/1887ParkerKeenelink
Keene
1895,91Emily Potter
1901Dyerlink
Pierce
1901PierceRosslink
1902RossHalllink
1907HallPateylink
1945PateyLewinlink
1951LewinRhodeslink
1953RhodesParidislink
1961ParidisCoxlink
1963CoxRulelink
1967RuleRulelink
1973RuleHartmanlink
1974HartmanRulelink
1975RuleBaileylink
1981BaileyBailey&Eisenhauerlink
1984Eisenhauer&BaileyTaylorlink
1997TaylorWhitneylink
2003WhitneyPriorlink
The lot map referenced in deeds is here and included below. The line between 69 and 68 was fine tuned as shown in 2nd map from 1888.

Yearbook Entry of Daniel Lewin

1951 Newton High School yearbook: “DANIEL LEWIN 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville Pet quotation: “Never let your homework interfere with your education” I, Day, Swarthmore College, Junior Red Cross Council 2, 3, President 9, Music Club 1, Q, 3, Debating Club 1, International Club Q, Dance Committee Q, Football Dance Committee Chairman 3, School and School Exchange Q, Glee Club 1,A Cappella ChoirQ, 3,Homeroom Assistant Manager 3, Homeroom Manager Q, Newtonian Staff Editor 3, National Honor Society Q, 3, Honor Roll 1,”

Cognitive Dissonance

The NY Times discussed cognitive dissonance in relation to the politics of October 2020:

Coined by Leon Fesinger:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger

who was a student of Kurt Lewin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Lewin

Leon entered social physcology in 1945 while working with Lewin at MIT. Perhaps they met at the house.