Walter B. Pitkin

Pitkin was father (by Mary Gray Pitkin) to five sons: Richard G. Walter Boughton Pitkin (born February 6 1878 in Ypsilanti Michigan; died January 25 1953 in Palo Alto California) was an American lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University (1905–09) and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism (1912–43). His A Short Introduction to the History of Human Stupidity was translated into fifteen languages.

John G. He later married Katherine B. Walter Boughton Pitkin (born February 6 1878 in Ypsilanti Michigan; died January 25 1953 in Palo Alto California) was an American lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University (1905–09) and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism (1912–43).