Obituary: Norman R. F. Maier (1900-1977).

Norman R. F. Maier was born in a small town in Michigan on November 27, 1900. He was educated in the Michigan public schools and received his BA from the University of Michigan in 1923. After a year of graduate work at the University of Berlin (1925-1926) he completed his PhD in 1928 at the University of Michigan. Following a year of teaching, Dr. Maier was for two years a National Research Council Fellow in Zoology at the University of Chicago, where he worked with Professor K. S. Lashley. In 1931 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he worked for the rest of his life, dying of a heart attack on September 24, 1977. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Norman Joseph Slamecka (1928-2003).

Presents an obituary for Norman J. Slamecka (1928-2003). Slamecka and his wife Jan were killed suddenly in a pedestrian accident on August 2, 2003, in Lewes, Delaware. He was a Marine veteran of the Korean War, and after a few years of practice as a clinical psychologist for the Veterans Administration, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He then taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo for a short while before coming to the University of Toronto in 1970, where he remained until his retirement in 1994. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rae Carlson (1926-2003).

Reports the obituary for Rae Carlson (1926-2003), prominent figure in personality psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

David Powell Weikart (1931-2003).

Obituary for David Powell Weikart (1931-2003). Among other things the obituary notes that Dave Weikart worked for the Ypsilanti (Michigan) public schools from 1957 to 1970, first as special services director and school psychologist, then as research and development director. He founded the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation in 1970 as an independent, nonprofit research and development organization in Ypsilanti and served as its president and board chairman until he retired in 2000. The High/Scope Foundation is well known for its educational model in which both teachers and students take initiative and responsibility for learning and in which children engage daily in High/Scope's plan-do-review process of intentional learning. Dave first developed this model in his summer camp for adolescents. In the United States and in other countries, he then applied the High/Scope model to preschool programs, home visit programs for infants and toddlers and their mothers, elementary schools, and programs for adolescents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Bernard Lubin (1923-2003).

Presents an obituary for Bernard Lubin. The author states that Lubin was a professor, collaborator, colleague, and friend whose work in personality and clinical psychology continues to be influential. Lubin was born in Washington, DC, on October 15, 1923. He left high school before graduation to join the Merchant Marines, returning to educational pursuits following World War II. He earned his bachelor's (1952) and master's (1953) degrees at George Washington University and attained his doctorate in clinical psychology at the Pennsylvania State University (1958). He was a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), maintaining affiliation with a broad array of its divisions and initiatives. Lubin was designated Distinguished Senior Contributor in Counseling Psychology by Division 17 in 1995, received the Division 13 Harry Levinson Award for Excellence in Consultation in 1996, and received the Richard Wilkinson Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology from the Missouri Psychological Association in 1997. Lubin's life and many contributions are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Benjamin B. Wolman (1908-2000).

Memorializes Benjamin B. Wolman for his many contributions to psychology. He was proudest of a modification of psychoanalysis that he called the interactional approach. Wolman founded the International Organization for the Study of Group Tensions and the International Journal of Group Tensions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Alberta Engvall Siegel (1931-2002).

Reports the death of Alberta Engvall Siegel (1931-2002). The author discusses her contributions to the field of psychology as well as her various personal and professional accomplishments. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Donald Merle Baer (1931-2002).

Reports the death of Donald Merle Baer (1931-2002). The author discusses his contributions to behavior analysis as well as his various personal and professional accomplishments. (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)     

Jerry H. Clark (1912-2003).

Presents an obituary for Jerry H. Clark. The author states that Clark led a long and very productive life. His multifaceted career as a psychologist included roles as a researcher, an academician, a counseling center director, a military psychologist, a director of internships, a private practitioner, and a medical clinic consultant. Born on October 25, 1912, in Albany, Texas, Clark was active in psychology until the day he died at the age of 90. Among his many distinctions, he was an active candidate for the American Psychological Association (APA) presidency in his 90th year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Magda B. Arnold (1903-2002).

Presents an obituary for Magda B. Arnold (1903-2002). Arnold's work on emotion, motivation, and the brain and cognition is a cornerstone of contemporary research on the neuropsychology of personality. She exemplified the melding of European studies in experimental sensation-perception and psychodynamics with North American theory, practice, and behavioral measurement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Arthur Teicher (1914-2003).

Reports the obituary of Arthur Teicher (1914-2003), past president of the New York Society of Clinical Psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Martin Rochlin (1928-2003).

Presents an obituary for Martin (Marty) Rochlin, a pioneer in the field of gay-affirmative psychotherapy, who passed away on October 20, 2003, at the age of 75 following a brief struggle with cancer. Through his clinical practice, mentorship of students, contributions through programs of the American Psychological Association (APA), conferences, and public appearances, Marty Rochlin was a model for academic and professional psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Seymour Wapner (1917-2003).

Presents an obituary for Seymour Wapner, who died in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 28, 2003, at the age of 85. An innovative educator, he was also an exceptionally productive scientist who made notable contributions to research in the psychology of perception and in environmental psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Harold H. Kelley (1921-2003).

This obituary reports the death of Harold Harding Kelley, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University of California (1921-2003). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Henry Earl Adams (1931-2000).

Reports the death of Henry Earl Adams (1931-2000), who had a prominent career as a behavioral clinician. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul E. Meehl (1920-2003).

Presents the obituary for Paul E. Meehl (1920-2003), one of the most eminent psychologists of the 20th century, who helped to shape psychology in a career that spanned more than 60 years. Dr. Meehl's intellectual contributions ranged over many areas, including clinical versus actuarial judgment, research on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, learning theory, psychoanalysis, and the genetic basis of schizophrenia. Dr. Meehl received considerable recognition for his contributions to academic and applied psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Enrico E. Jones (1947-2003).

Reports the obituary of Enrico E. Jones (1947-2003), clinician, psychoanalyst, and researcher. Recipient of the Kenneth and Manie Clark Award, a National Research Council Fellowship, and a National Science Foundation Fellowship to work at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, Jones left an impact whose integrity and loyalty to his many friends, colleagues and students were cherished gifts to those who knew him. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Beatrice H. Barrett (1929-2003).

Presents the obituary for Beatrice H. Barrett (1929-2003). Dr. Barrett trained residents in psychiatry and pediatrics while conducting research at the Institute for Psychiatric Research at Indiana University and maintained a private practice. Her first published operant conditioning study demonstrated reduction in clinical symptoms using laboratory apparatus, and was reprinted in seven collections of experimental and applied behavior analysis. Dr. Barrett also influenced countless professionals and nonprofessionals through enced lectures and presentations, activist participation in organizations, and service on editorial boards-often with blunt criticism of the status quo. In the 1960s and 1970s, she was a rare woman in a mostly man's world of experimental science, and she served as a role model for women throughout her career. (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)