Wallace E. Lambert (1922–2009).

On August 23, 2009, psychology lost an innovative researcher with the passing, at 86, of Wallace E. Lambert. A professor of psychology at McGill University from 1954 until 1990, Wallace (“Wally”) Lambert was among the founders of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. His highly productive career included contributions to social and cross-cultural psychology (intergroup attitudes, child-rearing values, and psychological consequences of living in multicultural societies), language education (the French immersion program), and bilingualism (measurement of language dominance, attitudes and motivation in second-language learning, and social, cognitive, and neuropsychological consequences of bilingualism). Indeed, because of the scope and influence of his work, Wally Lambert is widely considered the father of the psychological study of bilingualism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Gerald Rosenbaum (1922–2009).

Gerald Rosenbaum was born December 18, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York, to Manny and Pauline Rosenbaum. Gerry passed away on September 8, 2009, at age 86, in San Diego after a valiant battle with cancer. In academe, individual contributions are often the metric of achievement. Gerald Rosenbaum made substantial contributions to the psychological literature on a host of topics, including important papers on anxiety, schizophrenia, alcoholism, and neuropsychological dysfunction. It has been said, however, that the best measure of a life is one’s impact on others. In this regard, Gerry had few peers. As an academic advisor, he mentored many students who became major contributors in psychology. As director of two prominent clinical psychology programs, Gerry created an atmosphere that infused a dedication to excellence into everyone around him. The careers of his students became an extension of these values, and their impact can be found across academe and the world of clinical service. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Jack A. Adams (1922–2010).

Jack A. Adams, a noted engineering psychologist, was born in Davenport, Iowa, on August 3, 1922. He died from cancer in Falls Church, Virginia, on September 22, 2010, at age 88. Survivors include his two children, Samuel Adams of Indiana and Sara Cashell of Oregon, as well as three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Jack published more than 100 articles in refereed journals, and his article on his closed loop theory of motor learning, published in 1971 in the Journal of Motor Behavior, became a classic for scholars and researchers in the field. Perhaps Jack’s most noteworthy accomplishment during his tenure at the University of Illinois was his vital role in advancing the academic program in engineering psychology. The outstanding contributions of Jack A. Adams to engineering psychology will remain, but his colleagues will miss their interactions with a good friend. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ira Hirsh (1922–2010).

Ira Hirsh was a person who had high standards, for himself as well as others. As an academic leader and scientist he could be forceful and demanding, but his goal was always the betterment of the field. He had an unflagging devotion to psychology as a hard science. Ira published The measurement of hearing (McGraw Hill, 1952), which quickly became the standard textbook in audiologists. In addition to this book, he published over 100 scholarly articles, many of which laid the groundwork for research that has revolutionized such fields as audiology, psychoacoustics, audiometry, and deaf education. For example, Ira was among the first scientists to push auditory research beyond the study of single tones, clicks, or noise bursts. Ira was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Shirley, who passed away in 2004. He is survived by his four children, Donald Hirsh of Chapel Hill, Elizabeth Hirsh of Salt Lake City, Eloise Hirsh of New York City, and Richard Hirsh of Chicago; one sister, Jane Davis of Rochester, New York; and seven grandchildren. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Timothy C. Brock (1935–2009).

This obituary describes the life achievements of social psychologist, Timothy C. Brock, founder and guiding force of Ohio State University's acclaimed social psychology doctoral program in social psychology. He was born in 1935 and died at his home in Upper Arlington, Ohio, on December 20, 2009. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Henry H. Morgan (1919–2009).

Henry H. Morgan, consulting psychologist, gentleman, and scholar, died in New York City on June 4, 2009, after a long battle with pulmonary disease. Henry’s passing represents the loss of another link with the origin and growth of applied psychology. He joined The Psychological Corporation in 1952. Except for 1961–1962, which he spent at the Counseling Center of the University of California, Berkeley, working closely with Barbara Kirk and Harrison Gough, he remained at The Psychological Corporation until his retirement. At The Psychological Corporation, Henry applied his counseling and assessment skills to train interviewers and to become an expert in individual psychological assessment. Although he was well published and a frequent participant in professional meetings, Henry will be remembered primarily by those whose lives he touched, the young colleagues he mentored, and the managers and executives at the companies with which he consulted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009).

Presents an obituary for Sidney W. Bijou. A peaceful, natural death, as he was getting ready for another day. A life well lived to the very last moment, wrote Bob and Jude Bijou of their father, Sidney W. Bijou, a pioneer in child development, behavior analysis, and research administration. He died on June 11, 2009, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 100. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Leo M. Hurvich (1910–2009).

Leo M. Hurvich, a renowned figure in the field of human color vision, died on April 25, 2009, at age 98, in New York City. His research brought to the mainstream a theoretical framework for understanding human color perception in terms of underlying opponent-color mechanisms. When most psychologists and virtually all physiologists and physicists had sought principally to explain how physically different lights match in color, or how neural responses from photoreceptors combine to give the threshold of visually perceptible differences, Hurvich, together with his lifelong collaborator and wife, Dorothea Jameson, focused on understanding the appearance of hue, saturation, and brightness. The influence of their work has been profound and enduring. Their 1957 paper in Psychological Review (Hurvich & Jameson, “An Opponent-Process Theory of Color Vision”) has been referenced in 49 of the last 50 years and continues to be cited often. Hurvich lived a long and rich life, including more than 50 years in a scientific and personal partnership with Dorothea Jameson that blended independence and mutual support most wonderfully, enriching the lives of many in their circle of family, friends, and colleagues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Victor D. Sanua (1920–2009).

Presents an obituary for Victor D. Sanua. Sanua was the consummate cross-cultural clinical psychologist. His cosmopolitan cultural and educational background laid the groundwork for his contributions to psychology and helped to form his identity as an American, a psychologist, a Jew, and a citizen of the world. Victor’s articles, chapters, monographs, and books number more than 200. They are mainly on cross-cultural issues in psychopathology, especially schizophrenia, depression, and autism. Victor died of renal failure on July 12, 2009. He is survived by his sister Odette; his son David, an attorney; his daughter Marianne, a history professor; and two grandchildren. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Henry P. David (1923–2009).

This is an obituary for psychologist, Henry P. David. For the last 35 years of his professional life, without the organizational support of a university or large research institute, Henry coordinated conferences and research activities around the world with colleagues from different professional backgrounds. Henry’s achievements in the fields of international psychology, women’s rights, and reproductive issues have been recognized with numerous awards, including three APA division awards. He lived from 1923 to 2009. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Edwin S. Shneidman (1918–2009).

After a protracted struggle with diabetes, hypertension, prostate cancer, and congestive heart failure, Edwin S. Shneidman closed the final chapter of his life on May 15, 2009, shortly after his 91st birthday. Ed spent his career investigating why people wanted to die. He would argue that those who chose to die by suicide came to the conclusion that death—no matter how unknown, frightening and amorphous it might be—was the best alternative to living a life of intolerable psychological pain and suffering. Ed’s life’s mission was to help people forestall death as long as possible—he argued that life always is worth living. He was fond of saying, “Death is quite simple; life is more mysterious. No one has to die; it will be done for you.” He was in love with life and the life of the mind. Ed fought death as one would fight an arch enemy, but with an incredible amount of respect for its power and pull. He is survived by four sons, six grandchildren, and untold numbers of suicidologists whom he mentored and nurtured in the study and prevention of suicide. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Lawrence M. Stolurow (1918–2009).

Lawrence M. Stolurow died at home in La Jolla, California, on August 14, 2009, at the age of 91. He was professor of education and director of the Center for Educational Experimentation, Development, and Evaluation at the University of Iowa from 1977 to 1989, when he became emeritus professor. Previously, Stolurow held positions at the University of Pittsburgh (1947–1953), the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1953–1966), Harvard University (1966 –1971), and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook (1971–1977). He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 3, 1918, the son of Ruth M. and Peter J. Stolurow. During his long academic career, Stolurow made many contributions to learning theory and research, the study of individual differences in abilities and mental retardation, computer-aided instruction, educational technology, and techniques for teaching foreign languages and basic information (e.g., WATTOO). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Frank Lee Collins Jr. (1950–2009).

An accomplished academician and nationally prominent training director, Frank Lee Collins Jr. died unexpectedly on December 19, 2009, at age 58, in Dallas, Texas. Born December 30, 1950, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Frank spent his childhood moving with his Air Force family throughout the United States and overseas. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He completed his doctoral work in clinical psychology at Auburn University under Leonard Epstein, graduating in 1980. He received numerous honors recognizing his contributions to education and training, including awards from CUDCP, the Association of Psychology Training Clinics, and the Society of Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54). Frank effectively articulated the role of scientifically based broad and general training in professional psychology. He is survived by his wife Jennifer Callahan, his daughter Erin Collins, his stepdaughter Ali Dittloff, his parents Frank and Evelyn Collins, and his siblings and their families. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Charles R. (Bob) Schuster (1930–2011).

Charles R. (Bob) Schuster, an internationally recognized researcher on the psychopharmacology of drugs of abuse, passed away on February 21, 2011. Bob Schuster was a pioneer in the scientific study of addiction and one of the founders of a specialized research field called behavioral pharmacology. Bob mentored many young scientists, including 15 doctoral students, 9 postdoctoral fellows, and many visiting scientists from around the world, as well as junior faculty members at the academic institutions where he had faculty appointments. Bob was active in numerous professional organizations and was the recipient of many national and international awards. Personally, Bob Schuster touched the lives of a great many people: his students, colleagues, extended family, and many friends. Bob is survived by his wife and colleague Chris-Ellyn Johanson; four children, Lyzbett, Rebecca, Robert, and Alyson; and seven grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Bette Quemore. He was a man of many talents, a loving husband and father, and a great friend. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Molly R. Harrower (1906–1999).

Memorializes Molly R. Harrower who is remembered as a gifted clinician and a serious researcher, a fine university teacher and one of the first psychologists in full-time private practice, a Gestalt psychologist and devotee of psychoanalysis, a psychologist and poet. Harrower developed a group Rorschach and used in widely. She published a classic article concerning the psychology of Nazi war criminals as determined by the Rorschach. Harrower developed a scale, based on a set of projective techniques, that effectively predicted which patients would profit from psychoanalytic treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: William James McGill (1922–1997).

Memorializes W. J. McGill, one of the great figures in higher education in the post-World War II era. He was a scientist, teacher, mentor, distinguished president of two of the leading universities in the United States, and an advocate of university involvement in addressing the challenges facing society. McGill was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychological Association and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychological Society, the Mathematical Psychology Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists. He was the author or coauthor of more than 104 publications. He was the recipient of 23 honorary degrees, as well as the recipient of the Gold Medal of the National Institute for Social Science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Jack W. Brehm (1928–2009).

Obituary [Jack W. Brehm; 1928-2009]. Jack W. Brehm died on Sunday, August 9, 2009. Jack obtained his undergraduate degree at Harvard College and his doctorate at the University of Minnesota, where he was mentored by the legendary Leon Festinger. Jack held primary faculty positions at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of Kansas. He was professor emeritus at Kansas when he died. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Georgia Babladelis (1931–2009).

Georgia Babladelis, a leader in the field of the psychology of women and widely regarded as a warm and generous person, died on May 28, 2009, at the age of 78. She is survived by her sister, Helen Dickens of Centerville, Indiana; her brother, George Babladelis of Manistique, Michigan; and numerous nieces and nephews. Babladelis was born on January 30, 1931, in Manistique, Michigan, the daughter of Greek immigrant parents. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1953; her master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1957; and her doctorate in psychology from the University of Colorado in 1960. Babladelis was very interested in the human–animal bond. Babladelis was a fellow of APA Divisions 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and 35 (now the Society for the Psychology of Women) and a member of Divisions 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) and 52 (International Psychology). She was also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Western Psychological Association. Her contributions were wide and influential and will not soon be forgotten. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Samuel Ball (1933–2009).

This obituary describes the life achievements of educational psychologist Samuel Ball, who lived from 1933 to 2009. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Martin Fishbein (1936–2009).

Martin Fishbein was born on March 2, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, to Sydney Fishbein and Gloria Nadelstein Fishbein. Marty died on November 27, 2009, while traveling in London. Marty played a decisive role in shaping the understanding of attitudes and their implications for behavior. His groundbreaking formulation of the connection between beliefs and attitudes resulted in the well-known expectancy-value model of attitude formation; his insight into the relation between attitudes and behavior led to the theory of reasoned action; and the application of these models to the solution of social problems greatly influenced health psychology, communication studies, and consumer behavior research. Aside from his professional accomplishments, he is remembered for his fine sense of humor, his love of art, the theater, good food, and good company, and his keen interest in social affairs. He was a gracious host, and his art-filled homes in Philadelphia and Santa Fe provided warm backdrops to visits by his many friends and acquaintances. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)