About the Donor
George Franklin Mahl (1917-2006) was born in Akron, Ohio. He graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor’s degree in 1939 and with a master’s degree in psychology, also from Oberlin College, in 1941.
After four years of military service during World War II, Mahl continued his education at Yale, where he earned his doctorate in 1948. He later worked as a professor of psychology at Yale, where he conducted research on behavioral psychology. In addition to his pursuits in the field of psychology, Mahl was an avid fisherman and volunteer with literacy programs. He collected first editions of the works of Hemingway, as well as other material relevant to Hemingway’s life and work, which he donated to Oberlin College in the late-1980s and early-1990s.
