▁University ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁Frank ▁Bar ron ▁( a ▁colle ague ▁from ▁Ber keley ) ▁and ▁David ▁McC le ll and . ▁Le ary ▁and ▁his ▁children ▁lived ▁in ▁nearby ▁Newton , ▁Massachusetts . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁teaching , ▁Le ary ▁was ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Center ▁for ▁Research ▁in ▁Person ality ▁under ▁McC le ll and . ▁He ▁o vers aw ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Ps il ocy bin ▁Project ▁and ▁conducted ▁experiments ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁assistant ▁professor ▁Richard ▁Al pert . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁Le ary ▁was ▁terminated ▁for ▁failing ▁to ▁attend ▁scheduled ▁class ▁lect ures , ▁though ▁he ▁maintained ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁met ▁his ▁teaching ▁oblig ations . ▁The ▁decision ▁to ▁dismiss ▁him ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁his ▁promotion ▁of ▁psych ed el ic ▁drug ▁use ▁among ▁Harvard ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty . ▁The ▁dru gs ▁were ▁legal ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁His ▁work ▁in ▁academic ▁psych ology ▁expanded ▁on ▁the ▁research ▁of ▁Harry ▁Stack ▁S ull ivan ▁and ▁Kar en ▁Hor ney , ▁which ▁sought ▁to ▁better ▁understand ▁inter person al ▁processes ▁to ▁help ▁diagn ose ▁dis orders . ▁Le ary ' s ▁dis sert ation ▁developed ▁the ▁inter person al ▁circum plex ▁model , ▁later ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Inter person al ▁Di agn osis ▁of ▁Person ality . ▁The ▁book ▁demonstrated ▁how ▁psych olog ists ▁could ▁use ▁Minnesota ▁Multi phas ic ▁Person ality ▁In ventory ▁( MM PI ) ▁scores ▁to ▁predict ▁how ▁respond ents ▁might ▁react ▁to ▁various ▁inter