Arthur Benton (1909-2006).

Presents an obituary for Arthur Benton, who was one of the pioneers of clinical neuropsychology. Benton introduced novel and objective neuropsychological assessment techniques that expanded psychologists' understanding of the deficits manifested by neurologically compromised patients, both adults and children. Benton also contributed important findings concerning hemispheric specialization. His studies, including innovative clinical assessment techniques, normative data, and examiner manuals, facilitated the emergence of neuropsychology as a separate field of research and stimulated the development of clinical neuropsychology practice in the United States and around the world. His work also exemplifies the cross-fertilization of neurology with cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, a direction that continues today. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Douglas W. Bray (1918-2006).

Presents an obituary for Douglas W. Bray, the inventor of the modern-day assessment center, a method used by thousands of organizations around the world to identify the best people for critical roles and to guide individuals in optimizing their talents. Bray's death in Englewood, New Jersey, on May 9, 2006, ended the extraordinary career of a pioneer in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology who optimized the interplay of research and application. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Robert Plutchik (1927-2006).

Presents an obituary for Robert Plutchik, who died in Sarasota, Florida, on April 29, 2006, at the age of 78. Dr. Plutchik was a pioneer in emotion theory, and his influence on the discipline of psychology runs both wide and deep. In his wise, gentle, and graceful way, Dr. Plutchik exerted a powerful influence on the spread of the study of emotion from a sideline to a main concern not only in psychology, but in biology, in the social sciences, in psychiatry, and even in the humanities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Joseph Austin (1930-2006).

Presents an obituary for John Joseph Austin, who died of cancer at age 75 on April 8, 2006, in Norton Shores, Michigan. John was employed as a school psychologist for the Muskegon Public Schools, from which he retired in 1986. After his official retirement, he served as president of Research Concepts and worked with the Alfred Binet Center, a testing organization he helped to form in the 1960s. John helped to form the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in 1969 and served as its president (1971-1972). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Eric Schopler (1927-2006).

Presents an obituary for Eric Schopler, an authority on the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, who died at his home outside Mebane, North Carolina, on July 7, 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer. Eric Schopler spent his life promoting three truths about autism: that it is a developmental disorder, that treatment should be educational rather than psychiatric, and that parents can be effective cotherapists. If these truths are widely recognized today, it is in large measure because people like Eric had the vision to base their understanding of the disorder on empirical foundations and the courage to stay true to their convictions in a day when nonempirical, psychogenic theories dominated the field. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

David V. Smith (1943-2006).

Presents an obituary for David V. Smith, who succumbed to a brain tumor on September 30, 2006 at the age of 63. He was Simon R. Bruesch Professor and chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

W. Grant Dahlstrom (1922-2006).

Presents an obituary for William Grant Dahlstrom, who died at the age of 83. After teaching at the University of Minnesota, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the University of Iowa, Dahlstrom joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953, initially in the Psychiatry Department. In 1957, he moved to the Psychology Department, where he remained active until his retirement in 1993. Dahlstrom's professional work focused on the assessment of personality, and he was acknowledged as the world's leading authority on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). With his emphasis on individual differences and respect for all persons, Dahlstrom devoted significant energy to trying to understand the role of ethnicity in individual functioning and personality assessment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Manfred J. Meier (1929-2006).

Manfred J. Meier, one of the most influential figures in the establishment of clinical neuropsychology as a specialty field, died at age 77 in Mexico on August 27, 2006, after a one-year battle with lung cancer. Manny's college and graduate school studies were completed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a bachelor's degree (1952), a master's degree (1953), and a doctorate (1956)--all in psychology. During his graduate years, his mentors included Charles Bridgeman and Karl U. Smith, but he was also influenced by Harry Harlow, for whom he served as a research assistant in his primate laboratory. Manny's attendance at a 1952 conference where the speakers included Ward Halstead, Donald Hebb, Roger Sperry, and Hans-Lukas Teuber solidified his interest in the emerging field of neuropsychology. During his 36-year career at the University of Minnesota, Manny published more than 70 professional papers, book chapters, and books. He was promoted to associate professor in 1962 and to professor in 1966. At his retirement in 1993, he was named professor emeritus. A committed educator, Manny served as the director of the APA-accredited Psychology Internship Consortium from 1983 to 1993 and as director of a postdoctoral program in clinical neuropsychology from 1985 to 1993. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Abram Amsel (1922-2006).

Presents an obituary for Abram Amsel who died on August 31, 2006, at 83 years of age. Abram Amsel's academic career spanned the second half of the 20th century, during which time he made seminal contributions to the theory and research of reward-schedule effects in mammals. In the first 20 years of his career, Amsel's behavioral research and theory of "frustrative nonreward" established aversive emotional consequences of nonreward as potent influences on behavior when certain reward schedules are in effect. During the next 30 years, he continued to pursue questions related to reward-schedule effects but this time from the perspectives of ontogeny and behavioral neuroscience. His work resulted in a much deeper understanding and a broader conceptualization of reward-schedule effects that he eventually came to characterize as "dispositional learning and memory." Amsel held several professional roles in his field. He was a member of the governing board of the Psychonomic Society (1973-1978) and the founding editor (1972-1976) of the Society's journal Animal Learning & Behavior (now Learning & Behavior). He also served as consulting editor for the Journal of Experimental Psychology (1964 -1969), editor of Psychonomic Science (1971-1972), and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Psychophysiology (1982-1988). (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)     

Herbert H. Meyer (1917-2006).

Presents an obituary for Herbert H. Meyer, one of psychology's most distinguished scientist-practitioners. Meyer became interested in industrial psychology after his discharge from the service in 1946. He obtained a part-time position with Detroit Edison, where his work led to his dissertation, which resulted in a new projective and valid test of supervisory judgment. He also worked at the Psychological Corporation in New York City, primarily on executive appraisals, and later joined GE as the founder of a new corporate personnel research function. After 20 years, he sought an academic position, a became the director of the University of South Florida's new doctoral program in industrial and organizational psychology. Meyer continued to teach and lend his wisdom to the program and department even after retirement and election to emeritus status in 1988. During his career, Meyer authored more than 60 publications and was a frequent speaker at professional gatherings worldwide. He was also in high demand as a consultant. He taught for the University of South Florida's program through the spring semester of 2006. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Hans H. Strupp (1921-2006).

Presents an obituary for Hans Hermann Strupp, internationally acclaimed clinical psychologist and psychotherapy research pioneer, who died October 5, 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Hans Strupp elicited unusual respect across disciplines, including psychiatry and medicine, and across national boundaries in numerous countries. Hans was truly a person of great distinction; he brought honor to his friends, his discipline, his university, his nation, and his family. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Benjamin Kleinmuntz (1930-2006).

In the 1960s, the idea that clinical judgments should be aided, or even replaced, by computerized algorithms was quite radical. Computerized interpretation of standardized tests is accepted now, although its role remains controversial. Benjamin Kleinmuntz was a pioneer in the study of computers in clinical reasoning and a founder of the field of judgment and decision research. He passed away at his home inWilmette, Illinois, on June 28, 2006, at the age of 76. Although he lived with a transplanted heart for almost 11 years, he died of complications of unrelated abdominal surgery. Ben's early research concerned statistical methods for identifying psychopathologies and interpreting personality profiles. Ben then focused on investigating the use of computers in clinical diagnosis. Ben also wrote or cowrote textbooks on general psychology, abnormal psychology, and personality assessment. He was also a great teacher and advisor, with a unique personal style and an emphasis on both rigor and relevance. He received multiple awards for teaching excellence, and his two all-University teaching awards were as important to him as his many books, publications, and professional recognitions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

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)     

Nadine Murphy Lambert (1926-2006).

Nadine M. Lambert was born in Ephraim, Utah, on October 21, 1926, to Rulon and Maude Murphy. She died on April 26, 2006, from injuries suffered in a car accident on her way to work, when a runaway truck struck her vehicle. At the time, she was traveling a route she drove daily for more than 40 years from her home in the Berkeley hills to her office at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a professor in the graduate school and a senior mentor at the Graduate School of Education's joint doctoral program in educational leadership. A tireless contributor to academic life, Nadine served as a member and chair of the Graduate Council, the Committee on Educational Policy, the Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction, and the Academic Senate at Berkeley. Nadine joined APA in 1956 and became a Fellow of Divisions 15 (Educational Psychology) and 16 in 1974. She was either the chair or a member of 14 APA committees or boards during her career. Nadine authored or co-authored more than 150 articles, chapters, and books on the application of developmental psychology to the educational process. Nadine published widely used instruments in school psychology such as the Process for Assessment of Effective Student Functioning (1979), the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale (1981, 1993), and the Children's Attention and Adjustment Survey (1992). Her vision regarding primary prevention, the protective power of schooling, the importance of understanding the processes involved in consultation, and the significance of comprehensive training standards for professional psychology will shape the practice of school psychology for years to come. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Mary Starke Harper (1919-2006).

Presents an obituary for Mary Starke Harper, a leading authority on mental health care for minorities and the aged. Harper earned a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in nursing education with a psychiatric nursing clinical specialty. She moved unpretentiously among the politically influential, showing tireless drive and tenacity on behalf of her causes. She served as an advisor on mental health and aging for Presidents Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, and Clinton; directed the Office of Policy Development and Research for the 1981 White House Conference on Aging; served as a consultant for the 1995 White House Conference on Aging; and cochaired the Clinton administration's Mental Health/Public Sector Task Force for Healthcare Reform. After formal retirement in 1995, she remained an active, outspoken advocate for improved mental health care for minorities and the aged. She served as an expert adviser on women's health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a member of the National Institute of Aging's National Advisory Council, a state of Alabama trustee on mental health, and a consultant or member of the board of directors for a wide array of other organizations, foundations, and universities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituaries: Gregory A. Kimble (1917-2006).

Presents an obituary for Gregory A. Kimble, a general psychologist who passed away on January 15, 2006. Dr. Kimble had a lifelong allegiance to a particular approach to psychological science, and he was a superb organizer, synthesizer, and explicator of psychological fact and theory. He had a lifelong commitment to APA's Division of General Psychology, and from that division, he received the Hilgard Award for Lifelong Contributions to General Psychology and, in appreciation for his years of service to the division, its C. Alan Boneau Award for Distinguished Service. Dr. Kimble also played significant roles outside of APA. He was a member of several other psychological societies, including the exclusive Society of Experimental Psychologists. He will be missed by his family, his legion of friends and associates, and by the APA convention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

In memoriam: Hans H. Strupp (1921-2006).

Hans Hermann Strupp, who deeply influenced the field of psychotherapy research for 50 years, died on October 5, 2006, of Parkinson's disease. He was 85 years old. Hans entered the field when psychotherapy research largely focused on straightforward questions of general efficacy. Beginning with the publication of his dissertation in 1955, Hans demonstrated a keen ability of systematically applying rigorous scientific methods to phenomena that were close to the hearts of practicing therapists. Hans was an early advocate of the need for audio and video recording of therapy sessions for research purposes. The scientific study of the therapeutic process was a central focus of his research. Equal to his empirical contributions was Hans's talent as a writer and what many regard as his uncanny rhetorical abilities. This balance allowed him to engage in discussions with many scientists from radically different schools, which contributed to the foundation of the movement of psychotherapy integration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul B. Baltes (1939-2006).

Paul B. Baltes died in Berlin, Germany, on November 7, 2006, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was probably the most influential developmental psychologist on the international scene at the time of his death. His broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life-span orientation of human development-an area that he, more than any other scholar of modern times, shaped into its current form. The obvious part of Paul's scientific legacy resides in over 250 publications covering various aspects of developmental psychology. Their impact is attested to by his numerous awards and honors, including election to some of the most prestigious scientific organizations in the world. (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)