Paul A. Kolers (1926–1986).

Presents an obituary for Paul A. Kolers (1926–1986). Paul A. Kolers died of lung cancer in Toronto on January 27, 1986. He was born August 14, 1926, in New York City and obtained his BA degree from Queen's College in 1951, and his PhD degree from New York University in 1957. After holding several teaching and research positions, including posts at Bell Labs, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto in 1970, a position he held until his death. Kolers's intellectual interests were wide ranging, both within psychology and across neighboring disciplines. He was deeply committed to the world of ideas--a commitment that made him a stimulating colleague, but often made him impatient with lines of work he considered misguided. His penetrating critical abilities were expressed in acerbic commentaries on various "information-processing" approaches. His own thinking was independent, but was connected to important historical streams in philosophy and psychology; he was an ingenious experimentalist and a creative theorist. In social situations he was a warm and amusing companion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul E. Meehl (1920-2003).

Presents the obituary for Paul E. Meehl (1920-2003), one of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th century, who helped to shape psychology in a career that spanned more than 60 years. Dr. Meehl's intellectual contributions ranged over many areas, including clinical versus actuarial judgment, research on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, learning theory, psychoanalysis, and the genetic basis of schizophrenia. Dr. Meehl received considerable recognition for his contributions to academic and applied psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Paul Scott (1909-2000).

Presents an obituary for John Paul Scott. In 1945, Scott was the founding head of the new Division of Behavior Studies in Bar Harbor, Maine. In addition, he was responsible for the formation of the Animal Behavior Society (ABS). In 1968, Scott was appointed regents professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University. This position allowed him to build a superb canine research facility and to cultivate the practical implications of his work through the Center for the Study of Social Behavior, which he established. Among the many books he wrote were Animal behavior (1958), Guide dogs for the blind (with C. J. Pfaffenberger; 1976), and The evolution of social systems (1989). He also published more than 230 articles. Scott was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Animal Behavior Society, the American Psychological Association, and the New York Zoological Society. He remained intellectually active until his death in 2000. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul Vincent Gump (1920-2003).

Presents an obituary for Paul Gump, who died on November 13, 2003, in an auto accident near Lawrence, Kansas. Although Paul Gump received his graduate education in traditional experimental and clinical psychology, his research career was devoted to documenting the power of the concrete, immediate context in determining human behavior. Paul's pioneering work on school size and student involvement, documented the advantage of small schools over larger schools in involving students in active, responsible positions in school life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul B. Baltes (1939-2006).

Paul B. Baltes died in Berlin, Germany, on November 7, 2006, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was probably the most influential developmental psychologist on the international scene at the time of his death. His broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life-span orientation of human development-an area that he, more than any other scholar of modern times, shaped into its current form. The obvious part of Paul's scientific legacy resides in over 250 publications covering various aspects of developmental psychology. Their impact is attested to by his numerous awards and honors, including election to some of the most prestigious scientific organizations in the world. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Robert P. Abelson (1928-2005).

Presents an obituary for Robert Paul Abelson, who died in New Haven, Connecticut on July 13, 2005, from pneumonia brought on by Parkinson's disease. Dr. Abelson's wide-ranging intellect combined cognition with affect, the abstract with the everyday. His inclusive, collaborative orientation helped him become and remain a leading figure in multiple domains. He was a major contributor to social psychology, cognitive science, political psychology, and statistics, and he applied his insights and expertise to work of national importance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rae Carlson (1926-2003).

Reports the obituary for Rae Carlson (1926-2003), prominent figure in personality psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Elizabeth Douvan (1926-2002).

Presents an obituary for Elizabeth Douvan (1926-2002). Douvan was a pioneer in the study of changing gender, work, and family roles; personal values; and well-being in the second half of the 20th century. Through her research, she contributed to the interdisciplinary fields of social psychology and women's studies while building and strengthening institutions that remain committed to the same mission. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Nadine Murphy Lambert (1926-2006).

Nadine M. Lambert was born in Ephraim, Utah, on October 21, 1926, to Rulon and Maude Murphy. She died on April 26, 2006, from injuries suffered in a car accident on her way to work, when a runaway truck struck her vehicle. At the time, she was traveling a route she drove daily for more than 40 years from her home in the Berkeley hills to her office at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a professor in the graduate school and a senior mentor at the Graduate School of Education's joint doctoral program in educational leadership. A tireless contributor to academic life, Nadine served as a member and chair of the Graduate Council, the Committee on Educational Policy, the Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, and the Academic Senate at Berkeley. Nadine joined APA in 1956 and became a Fellow of Divisions 15 (Educational Psychology) and 16 in 1974. She was either the chair or a member of 14 APA committees or boards during her career. Nadine authored or co-authored more than 150 articles, chapters, and books on the application of developmental psychology to the educational process. Nadine published widely used instruments in school psychology such as the Process for Assessment of Effective Student Functioning (1979), the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale (1981, 1993), and the Children's Attention and Adjustment Survey (1992). Her vision regarding primary prevention, the protective power of schooling, the importance of understanding the processes involved in consultation, and the significance of comprehensive training standards for professional psychology will shape the practice of school psychology for years to come. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Leonard Paul Ullmann (1930–2008).

Presents an obituary for Leonard Paul Ullmann who died on his 78th birthday. The social and behavioral sciences lost a creative thinker, an award-winning teacher, a master clinician, an advocate for evidence-based practices, and a person of unrelenting time, generosity, and service. This obituary summarizes Ullmann's career and accomplishments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Alan Paul Bell (1932-2002): Obituary.

Obituary for Alan Paul Bell (1932-2002). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Martin Deutsch (1926-2002).

Reports the death of Martin Deutsch (1926-2002) and notes his contributions to the field of developmental psychology. Deutsch believed that environmental influences were critical for cognitive development during children's early years and that it was possible to design programs that would provide some of those experiences for children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Roger Todd Davis (1926-2000).

Reports the death of Roger Todd Davis (1926-2002) and how he contributed to the post-WWII development of primatology and primate laboratories, which are important precursors to the study of modern cognition and cognitive neuroscience. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul Shafer Siegel (1918-2002).

Presents an obituary of Paul Shafer Siegel. Paul Shafer Siegel was born in Richmond, Virginia, on January 12, 1918. Siegel died at age 84 on December 24, 2002, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Siegel's principal interests were in learning and motivation, but he could become enthusiastic about topics far from his base if they were challenging and subject to good design. He investigated the effects of emotionality on food and water intake, the relation of water intake to privation interval in the absence of food, and the importance of the dark-light cycle, among other topics. He extended the investigations of motivation and learning in laboratory rats to the investigation of behavior in retardates. He was interested in the effects of incentive motivation and in discrimination learning in those research participants. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

E. Paul Torrance (1915-2003).

Presents an obituary for Ellis Paul Torrance, who passed away on July, 12, 2003, after almost 60 years of research in creativity. Known as the "Father of Creativity," Paul legitimized its study with his development of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). This battery of standardized tests, now translated into 32 languages, provided evidence that creative potential could be quantified and increased with practice. Since their development, the TTCT have been used in over 2,000 research studies, thus demonstrating Paul's influence on creativity research in the fields of psychology and education. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Irwin A. Hyman (1935-2005).

Presents an obituary for Irwin Abraham Hyman (1935-2005). Hyman served as chief of clinical services for the American Institute for Mental Studies (formerly the Vineland Training School, 1966-1967), then as professor of special education at Newark State College. In 1968 he joined Temple University as an associate professor of school psychology and was a full professor from 1975 until the time of his death. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

In memoriam: Hans H. Strupp (1921-2006).

Hans Hermann Strupp, who deeply influenced the field of psychotherapy research for 50 years, died on October 5, 2006, of Parkinson's disease. He was 85 years old. Hans entered the field when psychotherapy research largely focused on straightforward questions of general efficacy. Beginning with the publication of his dissertation in 1955, Hans demonstrated a keen ability of systematically applying rigorous scientific methods to phenomena that were close to the hearts of practicing therapists. Hans was an early advocate of the need for audio and video recording of therapy sessions for research purposes. The scientific study of the therapeutic process was a central focus of his research. Equal to his empirical contributions was Hans's talent as a writer and what many regard as his uncanny rhetorical abilities. This balance allowed him to engage in discussions with many scientists from radically different schools, which contributed to the foundation of the movement of psychotherapy integration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ronald O. Lippitt (1914–1986).

Ronald O. Lippitt, born March 21, 1914, was dedicated to the social uses of social science. He died on October 28, 1986. His legacy to social science consists of his early classic research on leadership styles in small groups, a study still cited regularly in social science texts; his book on planned change, which was widely used for many years; and other, lesser known work published in hundreds of articles, chapters, and books. All of this work had the same aim as his first study--to better human life through social science. Perhaps Ron's greatest contribution is the example he set by his steadfast dedication to making social science useful. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: J. P. Guilford (1897–1987).

Joy Paul Guilford, known to his friends as J.P., died of natural causes on November 26, 1987, at the UCLA Medical Center. He was 90 years old. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, his daughter, Joan S. MeGuire, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. In 1924, Guilford entered the PhD program at Cornell University, where he studied with such giants in the history of psychology as E. B. Titchener, Kurt Kottka, Harry Helson, and Karl Dallenbach. Guilford immersed himself in psychophysics and other classical topics in the experimental psychology of the times, publishing 5 articles before earning a PhD degree in 1927. His doctoral thesis showed that variations in reported sensory experience with weak stimuli should not be attributed to fluctuations in attention as was commonly supposed at the time. A list of honors and awards are stated. He had a profound impact on psychology as a teacher, scientist, and writer. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hans H. Strupp (1921-2006).

Presents an obituary for Hans Hermann Strupp, internationally acclaimed clinical psychologist and psychotherapy research pioneer, who died October 5, 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Hans Strupp elicited unusual respect across disciplines, including psychiatry and medicine, and across national boundaries in numerous countries. Hans was truly a person of great distinction; he brought honor to his friends, his discipline, his university, his nation, and his family. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)