clifford bias (1910-1987) was a prominent psychic in early 20th-century america. born in huntington, west virginia, he claimed that he had been able to communicate with people who had long since died from the age of five. he was ordained into the ministry in 1937 and served as a minister of churches in jackson, michigan; buffalo, new york; toledo, ohio; st. petersburg, florida; and new york city. he helped organize the spiritualist-episcopal church and the universal spiritualist association and served as educational director and president of the indiana association of spiritualists of camp chesterfield, indiana. he was dean of the universal spiritualist institute, which held sessions each summer on various mid-western college campuses.