(1933 - 1984) was a U.S. social psychologist who conducted a wide range of controversial experiments looking at influence of researchers. Milgram received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1960. Milgram took up teaching positions at both Yale University and Harvard University before moving to the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He conducted a large number of original studies which looked at obedience applying it to such situations as to why Nazi Soldiers participated in the Holocaust during World War II - the research is still incredibly controversial.