C. R. (Rick) Snyder (1944-2006).

This is an obituary for Charles Richard "Rick" Snyder. Before C. R. Snyder, hope was a concept elusive to many clinicians and clients, clinical and social psychologists often spoke at rather than to one another, and there was a limited collaborative spirit between the clinical and social subfields. As a result of his scholarship, mentorship, and generous spirit, hope is more accessible, the social-clinical interface is a vibrant area of study, and psychology is a more civil profession. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ivan Norman Mensh (1915-2005).

Presents an obituary for Ivan Norman Mensh. Mensh published well over 100 papers, including seminal work on the measurement of the effectiveness of psychotherapy, assessment techniques, medical education, interprofessional relationships, ethics, and community mental health. Along with his leadership in medical psychology training, he was also well known and regarded for his pioneering in the field of gerontology. He was a visiting scientist for the American Psychological Association (APA) for many years, and held numerous other positions within APA, including President of the Division of Clinical Psychology from 1965 to 1966. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

William Bevan (1922-2007).

Presents an obituary for William Bevan, one of the 20th century's most honored psychologists. Bevan died at the age of 84 on February 19, 2007, at the Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. His death concluded a courageous, 18-year struggle with the aftereffects of a serious stroke. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: William Schofield (1921-2006).

Obituary of William Schofield (1921-2006). William Schofield earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Springfield College in 1942 (advisor, Harold Seashore). After graduation, he immediately enrolled at the University of Minnesota for graduate study. It was the beginning of a long career in clinical psychology at a time when the identity of the field was being established. With his unique set of attributes, he became a distinguished clinician, educator, and author, serving the field for decades. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: William A. Owens (1914-2005).

Presents an obituary for William A. Owens (1914-2005). Bill received his bachelor's degree in mathematics at Winona State University in 1935. He started his graduate studies at the University of Chicago but switched to the University of Minnesota early on. Under the guidance of Paterson, he received his doctorate in differential psychology in 1940, with minors in statistics and counseling. Bill then took a position in the psychology department at Iowa State University in 1940, but he left to enlist in the U.S. Navy after Pearl Harbor was attacked. When the war ended, Bill returned to Iowa State University, where he rose to full professor and head of the psychology department. After 13 years at Iowa State University, he went to Purdue University and, in 1968, moved to the University of Georgia to start a program in measurement and human differences. He subsequently became director of the Institute for Behavioral Research and split his time between teaching, research, and administration. Bill took the post of acting provost in 1976-1977 and helped reorganize the higher levels of administration at the University of Georgia. During his teaching career, he supervised over 100 theses and dissertations. He retired in 1984 at age 70. Bill consulted extensively, frequently with the firm of Richardson, Bellows, and Henry. He published over 80 articles, books, and chapters, as well as seven tests, during his outstanding research career. Bill's most prominent work was on biodata, much of it supported over an 18-year period by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

James F. T. Bugental (1915-2008).

James F. T. Bugental died peacefully at age 92 at his Petaluma, California, home on September 18, 2008. Jim was a leading psychotherapist and a founding father, with Abraham Maslow and others, of humanistic psychology, or the "third force" (in contrast to psychoanalysis and behaviorism). Jim was also the creator, along with Rollo May, of existential-humanistic psychotherapy. Jim was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Christmas Day in 1915. Jim earned his doctorate in 1948 from Ohio State University, where he was influenced by Victor Raimy and George Kelly. After a brief time on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) faculty in psychology, Jim resigned in 1953 to found the first group practice of psychotherapy, Psychological Service Associates, with Alvin Lasko. With Abraham Maslow and others, Jim was a cofounder of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JHP) and the Association for Humanistic Psychology in 1961. Jim also wrote many books on the topic of psychotherapy during his lifetime. Jim was a great and bold spirit--his many writings and teachings are cherished today widely, and the field of psychology is much richer for his efforts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: William James McGuire (1925-2007).

Obituary of William James McGuire (1925-2007). William James McGuire, considered by some to be the "father of social cognition" and a leading expert on attitude change and the self-concept, died in his home in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 21, 2007. McGuire was for several decades the field's premier researcher of the psychology of persuasion. His creative, groundbreaking experimental research in this area not only brought the study of attitudes and social influence to center stage in psychology but also shaped neighboring fields in sociology, political science, communication, and marketing. McGuire was a fellow of eight divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a past president of APA Division 8 (Personality and Social Psychology). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Harold William Stevenson (1924-2005).

Presents an obituary for Harold William Stevenson (1924-2005). Early in his career, Harold helped launch the field of children's learning. Beyond researching the role of rewards in children's learning, he researched their learning of probabilities and of central versus incidental content, as well as their learning from filmed displays--all still fundamental research topics. Contemporary scholars know Harold best for his studies of educational achievement and learning in Japan, China, and the United States, summarized in his book The Learning Gap (1992). Scientifically comprehensive and clear, this research had a great impact on public debate about education both in the United States and abroad. Harold's work caused many Asian educators to reevaluate their own educational systems and to go beyond a concern with improving what was "wrong" to realizing what was "right" and what they could offer to education in the West. The work was featured in prominent media worldwide. Harold often commented that there were two keys to scientific productivity: hard work and building strong relationships in one's family. The fruits of Harold's hard work and strong relationships will flourish for years to come. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Lorraine Bouthilet (1915-1984).

Lorraine Bouthilet, former managing editor of publications for the American Psychological Association (APA) and former managing editor of Behavioral Science, died on May 5, 1984, in Washington, DC. Bouthilet was born November 7, 1915, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lorraine Bouthilet was a brilliant woman, very much committed to her chosen field of psychology and mental health. As an editor, information specialist, and administrator-scientist in psychology and mental health generally, she made important pioneering advances in scientific communication. Printed and electronic information in these fields flows more effectively today because of her work. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Herman Feifel (1915-2003).

Reports the obituary for Herman Feifel (1915-2003), whose book The Meaning of Death is widely recognized as the single most important influence in galvanizing the multidisciplinary field of thanatology, the study of death, dying, and bereavement. Feifel authored more than 125 articles and chapters. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Frank Whitney Finger (1915-2003).

Reports the death of Frank Whitney Finger (1915-2003). His research interests were diverse, with a half-dozen principal areas attracting his attention in overlapping succession: partial reinforcement, conflict and convulsive behavior, sexual behavior and attitudes, biological drive and general activity, circadian rhythms, and aging/physical activity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Irvin Long Child (1915-2000).

Reports the death of Irvin Long Child (1915-2000). The author discusses his contributions to anthropology and parapsychology as well as various personal and professional accomplishments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Arthur Hills Brayfield (1915-2002).

Reports the death of Arthur Hills Brayfield (1915-2002). The author discusses his contributions to the field of psychology as well as his various personal and professional accomplishments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Elizabeth Mintz (1913-1997).

Memorializes Elizabeth Mintz. Her contributions to psychotherapy are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Donald Redfield Griffin (1915-2003).

Presents an obituary for Donald Redfield Griffin, who passed away on November 7, 2003. Dr. Griffin was noted for rigorous research in animal behavior, founding the field of cognitive ethology and suggesting that animals have subjective feelings and conscious thoughts that are amenable to scientific study. Dr. Griffin demonstrated that bats emit high-frequency sounds with which they can locate objects as small as flying insects and coined the term echolocation, and he conducted extensive studies of the manner in which birds orient toward home. Many scientists were influenced by him and showed great respect for this remarkable scientist. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Goldine Gleser (1915-2004).

Presents an obituary for Goldine Gleser, who was widely recognized as a scholar, leader, consultant, administrator, and mentor and role model to many students. Dr. Gleser's educational background and natural aptitude for mathematics led her to develop the strong interest in measurement and statistics that shaped her career and influenced the lives of her many students and colleagues. She co-authored 10 books, at least 21 book chapters, 11 reviews of books and tests, and no fewer than 93 journal articles covering a wide range of topics. She was a consulting editor for Multivariate Behavioral Research and played a critical role in the American Psychological Association (APA)/American Educational Research Association Joint Committee to Review Educational and Psychological Test Standards. Dr. Gleser received numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious Rieveschl Award for scientific research, before she passed away on November 24, 2004. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John I. Lacey (1915-2004).

John I. Lacey died on June 27, 2004. He was one of the pioneers in the integration of psychology and physiology. He worked to establish concepts that cut across disciplines--eschewing specialization within a cross-disciplinary area. Although a guiding figure in the founding of the Society for Neuroscience, John remained very active in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Society for Psychophysiological Research until his professional retirement. John's career was characterized by a focused search for specific mechanisms defining how psychological processes interact with physiological processes. John Lacey has left us a legacy of a scientific approach that focuses directly on the relation between psychological concepts and their realization in physiological function. His creativity and breadth of knowledge contributed mightily to the currently burgeoning fields of neuroscience and behavioral medicine. His approach reminds us to continue to include solid psychological science when venturing into these fields. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

William A. Hunt (1903–1986).

William A. Hunt was one of our country's early scientist-clinicians. He began his career with study of a psychology that was a meld of Titchener's structuralism and Harvard's functionalism and completed it 50 years later in the field of health psychology. Hunt spent all but a few of those 50 years as a full-time teacher, at schools that included Dartmouth College, Connecticut College for Women, and Northwestern University. While doing his dissertation, he had mastered and used the structuralist's experimental method of introspection, applying it to the study of human emotion, specifically the James-Lange theory. In 1941, Hunt entered the Navy. He discerned that the screening for military duty of some 15 million women and men required an approach suited to the rapid, albeit individual, screening of large numbers of such personnel. His teaming up with a psychiatrist, Cecil Wittson, led to their joint development of a screening interview lasting one to two minutes that, with continued refinement, proved remarkably effective. Their goals as the mental health specialists participating in the medical examination conducted at this intake station were twofold: (a) to improve the efficiency of the Navy by removing those neuropsychiatric high-risk recruits who were potential psychiatric casualties if they continued in the Navy and (b) by such removal, to save these recruits the disastrous personal experience of subsequent breakdown during military duty. In his own still active research in the 1960s and 1970s Hunt continued to apply the same methods he earlier had used (in his Navy research) to the judgmental processes clinical psychologists used to identify psychological test responses that were pathognomonic of schizophrenia, mental retardation, and related forms of psychopathology. Hunt remained, until his death at age 82, an active scientist-clinician. (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)     

Toward relationship-centered supervision: Reply to Veach (2001) and Ellis (2001).

The authors respond to comments made by P. A Veach (2001) and A Ellis (2001) regarding their research articles on supervision conflict and counterproductivity. Their findings are unique in that they provide qualitative perspectives on trainee experiences of negativity in supervision. Some of the criticism directed toward their study seemed grounded in positivistic epistemology, and they address the differences between that perspective and a more meaning-making approach to data analysis. The authors' studies point out that the supervision relationship has the potential to harm trainees. Counseling psychology and related fields need to define skill-based competencies in supervision that can be observed and measured, including relationship-management competencies. Training of supervisors should emphasize the development of clinical skills that permit them to build strong supervisory alliances and manage conflicts in supervision. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)