He later spent three years teaching in Greece at Anatolia College. After being asked to leave, he attended Oberlin College and received a bachelor's degree in English. His educational career took him to Michigan State University, where he pursued a major in English, but he was expelled due to his involvement in a radical student magazine. His mother often left the children to care for themselves, and with his sister suffering from schizophrenia, he bore a great deal of responsibility. He was the first son of a family with six children.
He experienced a difficult childhood when his parents divorced and his sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia. May was born in Ada, Ohio, on April 21, 1909. Īs well as Love and Will, May's works include The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977) and, titled in honor of Tillich's The Courage to Be, The Courage to Create (1975). The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work. He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969).
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