He was chairman of the psychology department from 1961 to 1963 and left in 1965 to help found a psychology department at the University of California San Diego ( UCSD ) .
McGill was an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1956 and then joined Columbia .
McGill was assistant professor of the psychology department from 1961 to 1963 and left in 1965 to help found a psychology department at the University of California San Diego ( UCSD ) .
McGill was an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1956 and then joined Columbia .