William Moulton Marston, influential psychologist, lawyer and writer, died on May 2, 1947, in Rye, New York, at the age of 53. Marston was born in 1893 in Cliftondale, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard Law School, followed by Harvard University and Tufts to receive a master’s degree in Psychology before receiving a doctorate in Psychology from Harvard in 1921. He then joined the faculty at American University in Washington, DC. In addition to his academic work, Marston wrote several notable books, including the best-selling books, Emotions of Normal People (1928) and The Arsenic Syndrome (1932). He wrote the comic strip Wonder Woman for DC Comics and is credited with developing the lie detector test. Marston is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, as well as two sons, Pete and Bill. He also leaves behind several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.