{HOME} {BERTNASH.ORG}	:: THE NAME AND THE MAN continued Nash was interested in studying ‘the whole child’ and early on recognized psychological problems could be responsible for educational difficulties. As a member of the Public Welfare Commission, he visited several state institutions, including the State Training School at Winfield. Winfield was known as the “School for the Feeble Minded.” Bert Nash enlisted students from his clinical psychology and education clinic classes to administer individual tests to the Winfield residents in order to make educational recommendations. As a result of his work there, Nash demonstrated that some of the children’s learning abilities had been underestimated. During the 1930s, Bert Nash was one of the most sought-after speakers in the state; and he began a series of radio talks on the University radio station where he discussed everything from intelligence tests to personality development, all very new concepts at the time. Appointed to numerous boards and commissions that studied children’s issues, he explored mental health issues from a both a social and scientific perspective, using his knowledge as a lever for progressive change. continue on to THE BEGINNING 1947-1964		:: Bert Nash (on right, smoking a cigar) and KU basketball coach Forrest C. “Phog” Allen on the left enjoy a card game. (Courtesy Nash family) :: Bert Nash, on the left, Helen King, Nicholas Rizzo, and E.T. Gibson (not pictured) comprised the consulting and psychological staff of the Kiwanis Mental and Nervous Clinic in 1936. (Courtesy Barbara Nash Mills)

 

 

 

 

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