TIMOTHY LEARY BIOGRAPHY! DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, Harvard Professor, Psychologist, Mind-Altering Guru, Controversial Counterculture Icon, Futurist, who challenged the status quo and declared the famous counterculture phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out!"

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TIMOTHY LEARY (1920-1996) - 20th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH! GENIUS HARVARD PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR, RESEARCHER and MIND EXPANDING VISIONARY! Collaborated with The Great Kat on "RIGHT BRAIN LOVER" Song!
TIMOTHY LEARY

TIMOTHY LEARY BIOGRAPHY
1920-1996

DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, Harvard Professor, Psychologist, Mind-Altering Guru, Controversial Counterculture Icon, Futurist, who challenged the status quo and declared the famous counterculture phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out!"

TIMOTHY LEARY was born on October 22, 1920 in Springfield, MA. Leary became a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1940, where he received several demerits for rule infractions, but was honorably discharged.

Leary attended several schools and received a Ph.D. in Psychology in 1950 from The University of California at Berkeley. His thesis focused on interpersonal psychology. Leary was married to his wife Marianne, had children and became an associate professor at UC Berkeley. In 1955, Leary's wife committed suicide, leaving Leary to raise his children. He become a director of the Kaiser Foundation and lecturer at Harvard University in 1959. Leary also began working with the Harvard Center for Research in Personality and the Psilocybin Project. Leary began experimenting with psilocybin (psychedelic mushrooms) in his studies. Leary went to Mexico and took psilocybin there, which possibly changed his life. At Harvard, it was discovered that Leary failed to deliver lectures and the Harvard students were also using Leary's LSD. Leary was fired from Harvard in 1963.

Dr. Leary became an advocate for LSD use and established the International Foundation for Internal Freedom. In 1967, Leary spoke at the Human Be-In in San Francisco, where he declared "Turn on, tune in, drop out." Leary began associating with counterculture personalities and even tried to get elected as governor in California in 1970. After getting arrested for drug possession, Leary fled prison and ran to Switzerland, but was captured in Afghanistan. After returning to the U.S. and being imprisoned again, Governor Jerry Brown finally released Leary in 1976.

Leary started becoming an entertainment icon in the 1980's, joining G. Gordon Liddy on a lecture tour in 1982. Leary began making TV, film, and music appearances. In 1984, Leary was in New York City and met The Great Kat (Kat Thomas) and sparks flew. Leary and Kat collaborated and created the never before released "RIGHT BRAIN LOVER" SONG! Timothy Leary wrote the wild psychedelic lyrics and Kat composed the music reminiscent of Billy Idol and The Ramones. Timothy Leary and Kat recorded "Right Brain Lover", starring Kat's electric violin virtuosity and rock singing and Timothy Leary rapping the lyrics with his inimitable voice. (Stay tuned to hear this HISTORIC recording.) SEE LETTER from TIMOTHY LEARY to KAT THOMAS (The Great Kat) about collaborating on music.

Leary became excited with computer technology and virtual reality and began designing "mind-expanding computer software" in the company "Futique", Inc. ("Futique" is the opposite of "Antique") -- visit Timothy Leary's Web Site at http://timothyleary.org/ for more info.

In 1995, Timothy Leary was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Leary wanted to document his dying and allegedly wanted his body frozen after death with the use of Cryonics. Timothy Leary died on May 31, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA. Timothy Leary, who wrote numerous books, research papers and articles, declared "Think for yourself. Question authority" and is considered a modern day Socrates.

Today, The "Timothy Leary Papers" at The New York Public Library Archives Features Timothy Leary's Archives, which includes papers, videos, correspondences to such geniuses as Aldous Huxley and many more. The Great Kat's (Kat Thomas) collaboration with Timothy Leary on the song "RIGHT BRAIN LOVER" is featured in these Archives:
"Series V.C: b. 242 f. 6 Thomas, Kat--Songs" at http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18400#c759755
"The files represent records about people with whom Leary collaborated. Reflect the broad range of Leary's activities and interest during the last 20 years of his life" - The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts.




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