Lee J. Cronbach (1916-2001): Obituary.

Reports the death of Lee J. Cronbach (1916-2001). The author gives a summery of his life and contributions to psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Donald D. Dorfman (1933-2001): Obituary.

Obituary for Donald D. Dorfman (1933-2001). (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)     

Obituary: Maurice Ray Denny (1918-2001).

Memorializes Maurice Ray Denny, known for writing and editing books on comparative psychology. These books directed psychologists toward a better understanding of the role of evolutionary theory in psychology. He also had a continuing interest in improving the lives of of developmentally delayed people through learning theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Helmut E. Adler (1920-2001).

Memorializes Helmut E. Adler, known for his research on spatial orientation in birds and for his writings on the history of psychology. In the 1960s with the help of his son Barry, he used computer simulations to study bird migration patterns, a highly innovative technique for the time. His most notable work in the field of the history of psychology was his translation of Volume 1 of Fechner's Elemente der Psychophysik in 1966. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Ernest R. Hilgard (1904--2001).

Memorializes Ernest R. Hilgard who wrote the influential texts Conditioning and Learning (1940, with D. Marquis), Theories of Learning (1948), Introduction to Psychology (1953) and Divided Consciousness (1977). He is well known for his work in the area of hypnosis and hypnotic analgesia. He helped establish the Stanford Laboratory for the Study of Hypnosis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Ivan Steiner (1917-2001).

I. D. Steiner died in Arden, North Carolina, on December 1, 2001, at the age of 84--and social psychology lost one of its major theorists and researchers. Although Steiner's broad conceptual interests led him to write on a variety of theoretical topics throughout his career--for example, interpersonal behavior, and social perception, authoritarianism, perceived freedom, responses to inconsistency, the attribution of choice, heuristic models of groupthink--small-group performance remained his principle focus and the primary engine of his fame. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

David Merrill Clayson (1934-2001): Obituary.

Obituary for David Merrill Clayson (1934-2001). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Tracy Seedman Kendler (1918-2001): Obituary.

Reports the death of Tracy Seedman Kendler (1918-2001). The author describes her educational background as well as her contributions to the field of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Mervyn Kenneth Wagner (1929-2001): Obituary.

Reports the death of Mervyn Kenneth Wagner (1929-2001). The authors discuss his contributions to the fields of clinical and health psychology as well as his accomplishments in life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Alan N. Epstein (1932–1992): Obituary.

Memorializes Alan N. Epstein (1932–1992). Epstein studied the biographical basis of behavior and was a pioneer in the field of behavioral neuroscience. He developed important concepts about the nature of ingestion and its biological underpinnings, as well as a model of its neuroendocrine basis. Epstein also pioneered the study of angiotensin in the brain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

R. B. Masterton (1932–1996): Obituary.

Memorializes R. B. Masterton for his contributions to the field of psychology. Masterton had a reverence for C. Darwin and believed the value of Darwin's research lay in the necessity of the essential correctness of natural selection as a unifying conceptualization of the life process. Masterton believed that behavior, in turn, is a principle determinant of the survival of the organism and of its participation in the evolution of its species. Thus, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, behavior, and evolution are all part of the same process. Masterton elucidated this process with respect to the auditory sensory system. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Raymond K. Mulhern (1949-2005).

Presents an obituary for Raymond K. Mulhern, who died on July 2, 2005 and was one of psychology's most accomplished scientist-practitioners of psychosocial oncology. Dr. Mulhern's seminal work in the field of psychosocial oncology included over 165 publications that addressed a range of psychological sequelae from cancer treatment. His work influenced treatment protocols used for children with brain tumors and led to changes in the use of cranial radiation therapy for children with leukemia. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Mulhern was awarded the Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award by the Society of Pediatric Psychology (Division 54 of the APA), and was active in several professional societies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Robert W. White (1904-2001).

Memorializes Robert W. White for his major contribution to the holistic personologic tradition in psychology. He also played a signal role in replacing the narrow drive-reduction conception of human motivation characteristic of both neobehaviorism and psychoanalysis with perspectives that include provision for intrinsic motivation with human agency. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Carolyn R. Payton (1925-2001).

Memorializes Carolyn R. Payton for being a pioneer both as an African American and as a woman, in her roles as researcher, teacher, administrator, individual and group therapist, and US Peace Corps director. She was honored for her pioneering contributions to multicultural psychology. Carolyn Payton exemplified a life of conscious purposefulness and determination. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Leonard D. Eron (1920-2007): Obituary.

Presents an obituary of Leonard D. Eron (1920-2007). Eron conducted one of the longest running (spanning over 40 years) longitudinal studies on aggression in children to date: the Columbia County Longitudinal Study. Eron's conclusion that media violence causes aggression in children lead to a storm of controversy. Eron's conclusions were supported by a second longitudinal study he and Rowell Huesmann conducted between 1977 and 1995, the Cross-National Television Study. Eron was a prodigious author of books and articles, and a frequent public policy advocate on Capitol Hill. He was also a Fulbright scholar twice and received APA's Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Media Psychology. Len is survived by his wife Madeline of Lindenhurst, Illinois, his daughter Barbara and two grandchildren, and his son Don. His daughter Joan died in 1990. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Clifford L. Fawl (1930-2002): Obituary.

Obituary for Clifford L. Fawl (1930-2002). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Lawrence I. O'Kelly (1913-1997): Obituary.

Presents an obituary for Lawrence I. O'Kelly, who died in Lansing, Michigan, on December 30, 1997. At the University of Illinois, the Laboratory of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, which Larry founded and directed (1961-1968), was an active and exciting center of research, seminars, colloquia, and uncommonly productive informal interactions among colleagues and graduate students. Larry was especially effective in helping students become inquisitive scientists, able to work independently on problems they found attractive. Most of Larry's research was focused on regulatory psychophysiology, an interest whose origin can be traced back to his early publications on motivation and learning. In 1968, Larry joined the faculty of Michigan State University as professor and chairperson of the Department of Psychology. Upon leaving his administrative duties, O'Kelly began earnest work on a massive bibliography of bird physiology and behavior. Just a month before his death, he celebrated the 100,000th entry. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Naomi M. Meara (1937-2007): Obituary.

Presents an obituary of Naomi M. Meara (1937-2007). The death of Naomi Meara brought to a close a distinguished career in counseling psychology. Her career was marked by her outstanding scholarship in ethical decision making for psychologists, by her leadership in the American Psychological Association (APA), particularly in APA Division 17 (Counseling Psychology), and by her compassion and caring for family, friends, students, and colleagues. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law Joseph and Johanna Meara and by her much loved nieces and nephews--Joseph P. Meara, Karen Meara, Matthew Meara, Kevin Meara, Ellen Meara--and their families. She will be dearly missed by them and by a host of friends and colleagues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)