Sheldon C AckleySheldon Ackley was born in the Methodist parsonage in Beltrami, Minnesota, in 1919, and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University in 1948. He was the first Leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, and later served as a Senior Leader at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Dr. Ackley died in 2008. Read More Read Less