The Scientist Who Invented Mister Rogers

The Scientist Who Invented Mister Rogers

Emma Chao/Courtesy PBS; Fatherly; Getty ImagesBefore Fred Rogers slipped on his shoes and a cardigan, he was a young theology student attending the University of Pittsburgh in the 1950s. There, he studied under developmental psychologist Margaret McFarland, who would end up inspiring, influencing, and actively molding Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. To say the show would not have been without McFarland is an understatement. Over the course of three…