David McClelland, a former mentor of Tim Leary, played a crucial role in securing Leary a position at Harvard University. As McClelland advanced in his academic career, he took his talented protégé along with him, leading to Leary's eventual placement in a prestigious role.
Alpert was granted a spacious corner office located in an old mansion that served as the Center for Personality Research under Harvard's Department of Social Relations. This position marked a significant step in his career and set the stage for his influential work in psychology during the transformative era of the 1960s.