Gardner Murphy: American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award.

Each year at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Foundation presents its Gold Medal Award to a senior American psychologist in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of scientific and scholarly accomplishment. Additionally, with the Medal goes a cash award of $1,000. Past recipients of the Gold Medal Award are Edwin B. Guthrie, Edwin G. Boring, John Dashiell, Walter Miles, Gordon W. Allport, Heinrich Kluver, Karl M. Dallenbach, Floyd H. Allport, Henry A. Murray, Sidney L. Pressey, and B. F. Skinner. The 1972 award recipient is Gardner Murphy. Murphy is well known to several generations of psychologists through his Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology, his ground-breaking Experimental Social Psychology, and his Personality: A Bio-Social Approach to Origins and Structure. His interests in psychology have ranged even more widely. A brief biography is presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award: 1968.

The Gold Medal Award is given to an American psychologist in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of scientific and scholarly accomplishments. The Award is limited to psychologists 65 years of age or older and to those residing in North America. At the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1968, the American Psychological Foundation (APF) announced the recipient of the APF Gold Medal Award. The presentation was made by Kenneth E. Clark, President of the APF, to Floyd H. Allport. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation. Gold Medal Award 1963.

The American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award was presented to Gordon William Allport. A brief professional biography is given. An accompanying scroll reads: "To Gordon William Allport, outstanding teacher and scholar. He has brought warmth, wit, humanistic knowledge, and rigorous inquiry to the study of human individuality and social process." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation awards for 1988: Gold Medal Awards.

The Gold Medal Awards, which include a check for $2,000 and a gold medallion, are given to American psychologists who are 65 years of age or older and residents of North America in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of accomplishments in three individual areas: professional, scientific,and public interest. The recipients are selected by the APF Board of Trustees from nominations submitted by members of the American Psychological Foundation. On August 13, 1988, at the annual meeting of the APA in Atlanta, Georgia, the American Psychological Foundation (APF) announced the recipients of the Psychological Science Gold Medal Award, Herbert A. Simon; the Psychological Professional Gold Medal Award, Morris S. Viteles; the Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest Gold Medal Award, Gardner Lindzey; the Distinguished Teaching in PsychologyAward, Stephen F. Davis; the Distinguished Teaching in Experimental Psychology Award, Richard L. Solomon; and the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media (including individual awards to Daniel Goleman, William Stockton, and Joseph Alper, and joint awards to Kate Wenner and Stone Phillips, and Daphne and Charles Maurer. Janet T. Spence, President of the APF made the presentations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation: Gold Medal Award.

The Trustees of the American Psychological Foundation confers the Gold Medal Award to award winners nominated by the members of the American Psychological Association (APA). The Gold Medal Award is given to an American psychologist in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of scientific and scholarly accomplishments. The Award is limited to psychologists 65 years of age or older and who residing in North America. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold medal award for life achievement in the science of psychology.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology is Richard F. Thompson. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology: Walter C. Borman.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2011 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology is Walter C. Borman. Dorothy W. Cantor, president of the APF, will present the APF Gold Medal Awards at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on August 5, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Members of the 2011 APF Board of Trustees are Dorothy W. Cantor, president; William Howell, vice president/secretary; Gerald Koocher, treasurer; Elisabeth R. Straus, executive vice president/executive director; Norman Anderson; David H. Barlow, Camilla Benbow; Sharon Stephens Brehm; Charles L. Brewer; Connie Chan; Anthony Jackson; Ronald F. Levant; Sandra Shullman; Archie L. Turner; and Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors liaison. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology: Charles Silverstein.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2011 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology is Charles Silverstein. Dorothy W. Cantor, president of the APF, will present the APF Gold Medal Awards at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on August 5, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Members of the 2011 APF Board of Trustees are Dorothy W. Cantor, president; William Howell, vice president/secretary; Gerald Koocher, treasurer; Elisabeth R. Straus, executive vice president/executive director; Norman Anderson; David H. Barlow, Camilla Benbow; Sharon Stephens Brehm; Charles L. Brewer; Connie Chan; Anthony Jackson; Ronald F. Levant; Sandra Shullman; Archie L. Turner; and Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors liaison. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest: Bernice Lott.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2011 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest is Bernice Lott. Dorothy W. Cantor, president of the APF, will present the APF Gold Medal Awards at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on August 5, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Members of the 2011 APF Board of Trustees are Dorothy W. Cantor, president; William Howell, vice president/secretary; Gerald Koocher, treasurer; Elisabeth R. Straus, executive vice president/executive director; Norman Anderson; David H. Barlow, Camilla Benbow; Sharon Stephens Brehm; Charles L. Brewer; Connie Chan; Anthony Jackson; Ronald F. Levant; Sandra Shullman; Archie L. Turner; and Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors liaison. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1973: Gold Medal, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology, and the National Media.

On August 28, 1973, at the annual meeting of the APA in Montreal, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, the Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and the National Media Awards. The presentations were made by Henry W. Riecken, President of the American Psychological Foundation (APF). Harry F. Harlow received the Gold Medal Award; James B. Maas and Frank J. McGuigan were given the Teaching Awards; and Gerald Jonas, ABC News and Jules Power Productions, the Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy, Christine Darg, and Elliott Aronson were the recipients of the National Media Awards. Other members of the APF are Nicholas Hobbs, Gardner Lindzey (Vice-President}, Boris E. Cherney (Treasurer), George Miller, George Albee, William Bevan, Kenneth B. Little (Secretary), Kenneth B. Clark, and Anne Anastasi. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Burrhus Frederic Skinner: American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award.

Presents the winner of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Award (1971): Burrhus Frederick Skinner. Each year at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, the Foundation presents its Gold Medal Award to a senior American psychologist in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of scientific and scholarly accomplishment. When historians decide, 100 years from now, which psychologists of our day are most deserving of remembrance, it may well be that Burrhus Frederic Skinner's name will lead the list. An experimentalist whose studies have stimulated countless others, a technologist whose reach has encircled the globe, and a systematist without modern peer, this man's contributions will not be easily forgotten. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold Medal Awards.

Frances Degen Horowitz, President of the American Psychological Foundation (APF), will present the Gold Medal Awards and the Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award at the 100th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The APF Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in three areas of psychology. The APF Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award recognizes an outstanding career contribution to the teaching of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The ancestry of the surrogate mother.

Comments on the awarding of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal Award for 1973 to H. F. Harlow. This well-deserved honor is based in part on Harlow's contributions (e.g., Harlow et al, 1971) to developmental psychology and primatology, including the use of the surrogate mother technique. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold medal award for life achievement in the practice of psychology.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology is Judith Worell. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold medal award for life achievement in the application of psychology.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology is Richard H. Price. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

APF Gold Medal Awards and distinguished teaching of psychology award.

Frances Degen Horowitz, President of the American Psychological Foundation (APF), will present the Gold Medal Awards and the Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award at the 100th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The APF Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in three areas of psychology. The APF Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award recognizes an outstanding career contribution to the teaching of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology: Marcia K. Johnson.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2011 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology is Marcia K. Johnson. Dorothy W. Cantor, president of the APF, will present the APF Gold Medal Awards at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on August 5, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Members of the 2011 APF Board of Trustees are Dorothy W. Cantor, president; William Howell, vice president/secretary; Gerald Koocher, treasurer; Elisabeth R. Straus, executive vice president/executive director; Norman Anderson; David H. Barlow, Camilla Benbow; Sharon Stephens Brehm; Charles L. Brewer; Connie Chan; Anthony Jackson; Ronald F. Levant; Sandra Shullman; Archie L. Turner; and Kurt Geisinger, APA Board of Directors liaison. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gold medal award for life achievement in psychology in the public interest.

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Gold Medal Awards recognize distinguished and enduring records of accomplishment in four areas of psychology: the application of psychology, the practice of psychology, psychology in the public interest, and the science of psychology. The 2010 recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest is Patricia Gurin. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Karl M. Dallenbach: American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award.

Announces Karl M. Dallenbach as the 1966 recipient of the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award. Each year the award is conferred to a deserving recipient in recognition of a long and distinguished record of scientific and scholarly accomplishment. The 1966 recipient of the APF Gold Medal Award is Karl M. Dallenbach. His citation reads: "To Karl M. Dallenbach for his long and distinguished career as investigator, teacher of the investigator's art, influential citizen of our psychological fraternity, academic administrator, and especially for his nearly half century of service as editor of the American Journal of Psychology." A personal biography of the recipient is included in the article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)