2002 award winners.

Presents the 2002 American Psychological Association (APA) award winners. In accordance with established custom, the APA bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. The awards laud distinguished contributions to the advancement of science, applications of psychological knowledge to clinical and social issues, to education and training, and to work devoted to international cooperation and humanitarian ideals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2007 award winners.

Presents the citations and biographies of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's annual awards. Selected bibliographies and articles written by the recipients are also presented. In accordance with established custom, the APA bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. The awards laud distinguished contributions to the advancement of science, to applications of psychological knowledge to clinical and social issues, to education and training, and to work devoted to international cooperation and humanitarian ideals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2010 award winners.

This issue announces the 2010 award winners from the American Psychological Association. In accordance with established custom, the APA bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. The awards laud distinguished contributions to the advancement of science, to applications of psychological knowledge to clinical and social issues, to education and training, and to work devoted to international cooperation and humanitarian ideals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2009 award winners.

In accordance with established custom, the American Psychological Association (APA) bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. The awards laud distinguished contributions to the advancement of science, to applications of psychological knowledge to clinical and social issues, to education and training, and to work devoted to international cooperation and humanitarian ideals. This issue of American Psychologist presents the 2009 award winners. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided for each awardee. In addition, for those winners who delivered an award address at APA's annual convention, a version of their address is provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2000 award winners.

In accordance with established custom, the APA bestows annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. Provided here are the 2000 winners of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions, Distinguished Professional Contributions, Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest, Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, and Distinguished International Contributions awards. For the recipients, a citation, biography, and selected bibliography are provided, as well as their award address, presented at APA's annual convention in 2000. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Association: Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards.

Briefly describes the American Psychological Association (APA): Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards and the recipients for 1966. This is the eleventh annual presentation by the American Psychological Association of awards to a few of the Association's members who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to scientific psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2008 award winners.

This issue of the American Psychologist is an awards issue and presents the 2008 award winners in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists across an array of domains. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training and Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training.

Presents the 2004 APA Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training as well as the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training. These awards are given by the APA Board of Educational Affairs in recognition of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. A listing of the members of the APA committee who selected the recipients for this year and a list of the previous recipients of these awards from 1987 through 2004 are provided. The award recipients for 2004 are Derald Wing Sue (Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training) and Nadine J. Kaslow (Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training). The award citations, biographies, selected bibliographies, and award addresses for both 2004 award recipients are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

News & notes.

Presents information of importance to Division 26 members, such as announcements about 1999 awards and honors, minutes of meetings, personal news, and remarks honoring John Popplestone and Marion White McPherson for contributions to the history of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: 1986.

The awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. These contributions might include the identification or solution of significant social problems; unusual initiative or dedication to activity in the public interest; or the integration of the science and/or profession of psychology with social action in a manner beneficial to all. The Committee is authorized to present two awards per year, each with a prize of $2,000. The second award, for which recipients may not have held a Ph.D. for more than 15 years, was established to recognize the large number of excellent psychologists who have made significant contributions to the public interest during the early stages of their careers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2006 Award Winners: Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career, and the second to a senior psychologist. This document lists the winners of these awards from 1978 to 2006, and provides the citations, brief profiles, and bibliographies for the 2006 recipients, Rose L. Clark and McCay Vernon. Vernon's award address The APA and Deafness (see record 2006-21079-030) is also included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation contributors, 1991.

Lists the 1991 contributors to the American Psychological Foundation, whose contributions went to the following program areas: gifted children, community mental health, journal grants, business and industry, careers of young psychologists, lifetime achievement awards, and distinguished teaching in psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training and Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training.

The Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training awards are given by the Board of Educational Affairs in recognition of the efforts of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. Each year one of two awards is presented. The Distinguished Career Contributions Award recognizes continuous significant contributions made over a lifelong career in psychology; the Distinguished Contributions Award recognizes a more specific contribution to education and training. This year the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology was given to Nadya A. Fouad. A citation, biography, and selected bibliography of Fouad's work are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: 1980.

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest is presented to a person (or persons) who has advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by distinguished contributions in such areas as the identification or solution of significant social problems; unusual initiative or dedication, in activity that makes psychology more accessible in meeting client and/or community needs; and the integration of psychology with social action. This year awards were presented to Isidor Chein and Nicholas Hobbs at the APA convention in Montreal. Chein and Hobbs each received a check for $1,000 and an engrossed citation detailing their contributions. A citation and brief biography is presented for each award recipient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Education and Training Contributions.

The Distinguished Career Contribution Award recognizes continuous significant contributions made over a lifelong career in psychology; the Distinguished Contribution Award recognizes a specific but major contribution to education and training. These awards are given by the Education and Training Awards Committee. The winners for 1994 are Irwin Altman (Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology) and Elizabeth M. Altmaier (Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology). Their accomplishments are cited and biographies are provided. The winners since the establishment of the awards are also listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training.

These awards are given by the Board of Educational Affairs in recognition of the efforts of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. Each year one of these two awards is presented. The Distinguished Career Contributions Award recognizes continuous significant contributions made over a lifelong career in psychology; the Distinguished Contributions Award recognizes a more specific contribution to education and training. Award winners from 1987-2005 are listed. This year the Education and Training Awards Committee nominated two psychologists for the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training. This document includes the citations presented to the award winners of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of the award winners accompany each citation. If an address was delivered, the award winner's address to the 113th annual APA Convention is also published. The award winners were John C. Norcross and Irma Serrano-García. Norcross delivered an address entitled The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy: Educating and Developing Psychologists (see record 2005-14550-025). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished education and training contributions: 1989.

Presents the awards for distinguished education and training contributions in 1989. In 1989 recipients honored at the annual convention in New Orleans, LA, were, for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology, Donald R. Peterson, and for Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training in Psychology, Philip R. Laughlin. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished contributions to psychology in the public interest: 1988.

The awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards, have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. These contributions might include the identification or solution of significant social problems; unusual initiative or dedication to activity in the public interest; or the integration of the science and/or profession of psychology with social action in a manner beneficial to all. Each year, the Committee presents two of these awards. The first is given to a senior psychologist; the second recognizes an outstanding psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career. For purposes of the second award, recipients may not have held a PhD for more than 15 years. Members of the 1988 Committee are Robert Perloff (Chair), Vera S. Paster, Julia Ramos-(McKay)Grenier, Bonnie R. Strickland, and Logan Wright. The recipients of the awards in 1988 were Ellen Langer and M. Brewster Smith, whose citations, biographies, and selected bibliographies are presented here. The recipients of the awards since their establishment are also listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

1984 CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession.

This article presents a citation of an address given for the announcement of the recipient of the 1984 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession, Charles Roger Myers. The article provides a biographical account of Myers' career in professional psychology, including positions held, awards won, and contributions made to the field. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Questions whether psychologists within specializations other than experimental, comparative and physiological, and personality and social psychology make scientific contributions that merit major recognition by American Psychological Association awards, and why these psychologists rarely are honored by Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions or Awards for an Early Career Contribution in Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)