Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Directors Image Gallery

Elisabeth Dykens is the 8th VKC Director in its history. Who were the others?

Susan Gray, the Early Training Project, and Head Start
Susan Gray (1913-1992), a Peabody alumna, was a co-founder of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
More About Nicholas Hobbs
Nicholas Hobbs (1915-1983) was a pioneer in the field of child psychology, developing new concepts for treating children with emotional problems and children with mental retardation.
Lloyd Dunn and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Lloyd Dunn was one of the "scholars with a social conscience" who founded the Kennedy Center in 1965.
Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development
The Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development (IMRID) conducted a broad program of research, but its major emphasis was on the retarded intellectual development associated with socioeconomic deprivation.
The History of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development was one of twelve original members of a national network of Mental Retardation Research Centers created by the Kennedy administration in 1963.
Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE)
The Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) was established in 1966 to serve as a research, training, and demonstration center concerned with improving the educability of young children from low-income homes.