American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1977: National Media Awards.

Presents a list of the recipients of the National Media Awards for 1977. Included are the awards for the following categories: (1) magazine writing; (2) radio; and (3) television/film. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation National Media Awards.

The National Media Awards program was established in 1956 by the American Psychological Foundation to honor outstanding reporting in the national media on psychology. These awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychological topics to the general public by reporters, writers, producers, and others connected with newspapers, magazines, television, radio, films, books, and similar media. The awards are made on the recommendation of the National Media Awards Committee chaired by Julius Segal. Because of the diversity and, hence, the noncomparability of various productions, the media awards are made in several categories. Each one is accompanied by a check for $500, a citation, and a letter of commendation for having served both psychology and the public in this fashion. The 1972 National Media Awards Committee named winners in all three categories of this year's award: The winner of the Television/Radio/Movie category was the film Learning produced by CRM Productions of Beverly Hills, California; The co-winners of the newly formed Books/Magazines/Monographs category are Gay Gaer Luce and Erik Peper for their article in the New York Times Magazine entitled "Biofeedback: Mind Over Body, Mind Over Mind"; The winner of the newspaper award was Ronald Hollander for a series of articles entitled "Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Rooms" which appeared in the New York Post. In addition to the three winners, six honorable mentions are announced. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation: National Media Awards.

Explains that the National Media Awards are offered as a means of recognizing and encouraging the communication of psychology to the general public by magazine and free-lance writers, reporters, television, radio, films, and books. Awards are presented in six categories (only five awards were made this year, however, and next year the television and film categories will be combined). In addition, a Grand Prix winner is selected from the winners of the five categories. Each winner received three days' expenses to the APA's Annual Convention in Montreal and a citation. A record total of 162 entries were received in the six categories this year. The first winner of the Grand Prix award was Gerald Jonas for his two-part series on the work of Neal Miller which appeared in the August 19 and 26, 1972, issues of the New Yorker magazine. Jonas also received the award in the magazine category. Other winners included: Television--"The Masks We Wear," produced by ABC News and Jules Power Productions, narrated by Harry Reasoner; Radio--"The IQ Fallacy," produced by the Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy and aired on WBJC-FM in Baltimore, Maryland; Newspaper reporting--Christine Darg of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for a series of articles on the human potential movement; and Books/monographs--Elliott Aronson for the book The Social Animal published by W. H. Freeman and Company. In addition to the five winners, honorable mentions and letters of special commendation were awarded to a number of entries in all six categories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

The American Psychological Foundation selected winners in five categories in the competition for the 1978 National Media Awards. The awards are presented annually to recognize and encourage outstanding and accurate reporting that contributes to the public's knowledge and understanding of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1977: Gold Medal, Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology, and the National Media.

On August 27, 1977, at the annual meeting of the APA in San Francisco, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, the Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award, and the National Media Awards. William Bevan, President of the APF, made the presentations. Daniel Katz received the Gold Medal Award; Fred McKinney was given the Teaching Award. National Media Award winners were Alice Lake, Peter Chew, Joel Greenberg, Ira Flatow, and WNEW-TV, New York. Other members of the APF are George W. Albee (Vice-President), Boris E. Cherney (Treasurer), Charles A. Kiesler (Secretary), Anne Anastasi, Albert Bandura, Donald T. Campbell, Kenneth B. Clark, Wilbert J. McKeachie, and Leona E. Tyler. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

Announces that the American Psychological Foundation (APF) selected four winners in its 1980 National Media Awards Program. The four winners are: Marlene Cimons for a series on Vietnam War veterans, Zick Rubin for Children's Friendships and for "Seeking a Cure for Loneliness," Ellen Frank for producing and hosting a 35-part series called "The Facts of Life", and Daniel Goleman for "1,528 Little Geniuses and How They Grew." Robert J. Trotter received a special APF award for making a sustained contribution in communicating psychology to the general public. Seven entries cited for making distinguished contributions in communicating psychology to the public are also listed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation. National Media Award: 1969: Dave Smith, John Sharnik, and Harry Morgan.

Apresentation was made by Kenneth E. Clark, President of the APF to Dave Smith, John Sharnik, and Harry Morgan, the 1969 National Media Award winners. This year awards were made in two areas: one for newspaper or magazine writing; one for superior radio or television broadcasting. The Committee selected Dave Smith of the Los Angeles Times to receive the newspaper-magazine award and John Sharnik and Harry Morgan of CBS News to share the broadcasting award. This article describes the professional accomplishments of these three men. The Committee selected Dave Smith for his work in the article, "Dark Valley of a Boy's Mind," an in-depth study of Benny Smith, who on November 22, 1966, entered a beauty parlor in Mesa, Arizona, and killed five women, wounding two others. The Foundation cites Dave Smith for outstanding newspaper reporting through a "creative history analysis." Co-winners John Sharnik and Harry Morgan were singled out for their outstanding work in the production of two hour-long telecasts: "The Farthest Frontier" (January 1967), a documentary on the enhancement of the human mind and treatment of mental illness through chemistry; and "LSD: The Spring Grove Experiment" (May 1969), an examination of the use of LSD in treating emotional illness. The APF cited the two for uncommon skill in probing highly complex subjects and presenting detailed but lucid reports. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1986: Gold Medal Awards.

On August 24, 1986, at the annual meeting of the APA in Washington, D.C, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Psychological Science Gold Medal Award, Eleanor J. Gibson; the Psychological Professional Gold Medal Award, Kenneth E. Clark; the Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest Gold Medal Award, Stuart W. Cook; the Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award, Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.; the Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award, Ellen P Reese; and the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media (individual awards to Kevin McKean, Jim Metzner, and John Michael Langone, and joint awards to Elaine Hatfield and Susan Sprecher; Kate Bernhardt, Jim Lipscomb, Bill Wander, and Nicole Lucas; and Judith A. Polone, Robert M. Myman, and Ervin Zavada. John J. Conger, president of the APF, made the presentations. Other members of the 1986 APF Board of Trustees are William Bevan (Vice-President, Leonard D. Goodstein (Secretary), Deanna Dunworth (Treasurer), Nicholas A. Cummings, Florence L. Denmark, Dorothy H. Eichorn, Robert Perloff, Max Siegel, and Janet T. Spence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation. Gold Medal Award and National Media Award: 1969.

At the annual meeting of the APA in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 1969, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the APF Gold Medal Award and the National Media Award (previously the Distinguished Science Writing Award). The presentations were made by Kenneth K. Clark, President of the APF, to Henry Alexander Murray, the Gold Medal Award winner, and to Dave Smith, John Sharnik, and Harry Morgan, the National Media Award winners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation awards for 1988: Gold Medal Awards.

The Gold Medal Awards, which include a check for $2,000 and a gold medallion, are given to American psychologists who are 65 years of age or older and residents of North America in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of accomplishments in three individual areas: professional, scientific,and public interest. The recipients are selected by the APF Board of Trustees from nominations submitted by members of the American Psychological Foundation. On August 13, 1988, at the annual meeting of the APA in Atlanta, Georgia, the American Psychological Foundation (APF) announced the recipients of the Psychological Science Gold Medal Award, Herbert A. Simon; the Psychological Professional Gold Medal Award, Morris S. Viteles; the Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest Gold Medal Award, Gardner Lindzey; the Distinguished Teaching in PsychologyAward, Stephen F. Davis; the Distinguished Teaching in Experimental Psychology Award, Richard L. Solomon; and the National Psychology Awards for Excellence in the Media (including individual awards to Daniel Goleman, William Stockton, and Joseph Alper, and joint awards to Kate Wenner and Stone Phillips, and Daphne and Charles Maurer. Janet T. Spence, President of the APF made the presentations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1976: Gold Medal, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology, and the National Media.

On September 4, 1976, at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in Washington, D.C., the American Psychological Foundation (APF) announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, the Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Award, and the National Media Awards. William Sevan, President of the APF, made the presentations. Arthur W. Melton received the Gold Medal Award. James V. McConnell was given the Teaching Award. National Media Award winners were Jonathan L. Freedman, Edward Edelson, Kenneth L. Woodward, and Lonnie Carton. Other members of the APF are George W. Albee (Vice-President), Boris E. Cherney (Treasurer), Charles A. Kiesler (Secretary), Anne Anastasi, Albert Bandura, Donald T. Campbell, Kenneth B. Clark, Kenneth B. Little, Wilbert J. McKeachie, George A. Miller, and Leona E. Tyler. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1973: Gold Medal, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology, and the National Media.

On August 28, 1973, at the annual meeting of the APA in Montreal, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, the Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and the National Media Awards. The presentations were made by Henry W. Riecken, President of the American Psychological Foundation (APF). Harry F. Harlow received the Gold Medal Award; James B. Maas and Frank J. McGuigan were given the Teaching Awards; and Gerald Jonas, ABC News and Jules Power Productions, the Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy, Christine Darg, and Elliott Aronson were the recipients of the National Media Awards. Other members of the APF are Nicholas Hobbs, Gardner Lindzey (Vice-President}, Boris E. Cherney (Treasurer), George Miller, George Albee, William Bevan, Kenneth B. Little (Secretary), Kenneth B. Clark, and Anne Anastasi. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and the National Media Awards: 1971.

At the annual meeting of the APA in Washington, D.C., on September 4, 1971, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and National Media Awards. The presentations were made by Nicholas Hobbs, President of the APF. B. F. Skinner received the Gold Medal Award; T. S. Krawiec and Jack L. Michael were given the Teaching Awards, and Richard I. Evans, Emily Hahn, and David Prowitt were the recipients of the National Media Awards. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1982: Gold Medal, Distinguished Teaching in Psychology, Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology, and the National Media.

Announces the American Psychological Foundation Award recipients (1982): Nancy Bayley (the Gold Medal Award), Henry Gleitman (the Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award), Carolyn Wood Sherif (the Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award), and the recipients of National Media Awards (Heather Cook, Linda Harrai, David St. John, Robin Marantz Henig, Elin McCoy, Marilyn M. Machlowitz, Joy Kniffin, and T. George Harris). The accomplishments of each award recipient are summarized. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation. Gold Medal Award and National Media Award: 1969: Henry Alexander Murray.

A presentation was made by Kenneth K. Clark, President of the APF, to Henry Alexander Murray as the 1969 Gold Medal Award winner. The Gold Medal Award is given to an American psychologist in recognition of a distinguished and long-continued record of scientific and scholarly accomplishments. This article includes a brief biography of Murray and his professional accomplishments. Murray's best known achievement was the development of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), a personality assessment test still in wide use today. He also did research on fear, humor, fantasies, dreams, sentiments, religion, and mythmaking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and the National Media Awards for 1972.

At the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu on September 2, 1972, the American Psychological Foundation (APF) announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Awards, and National Media Awards. The presentations were made by Henry W. Riecken, President of the APF. Gardner Murphy received the Gold Medal Award; James L. McCary was given the Teaching Award; and CRM Productions, Gay Luce and Erik Peper, and Ronald Hollander were the recipients of the National Media Awards. The awards and their recipients are briefly discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

American Psychological Foundation Awards for 1978: Gold Medal, Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology, Unique Contribution in the Teaching of Psychology, and the National Media.

On August 29, 1978, at the annual meeting of the APA in Toronto, the American Psychological Foundation announced the recipients of the Gold Medal Award, the Distinguished Contribution to Education in Psychology Award, a special award for Unique Contribution in the Teaching of Psychology, and the National Media Awards. George Albee, President of the APF, made the presentations. Ernest R. Hilgard received the Gold Medal Award; Douglas K. Candland was given the Teaching Award; and Robert S. Daniel was the recipient of the Unique Contribution in the Teaching of Psychology Award. National Media Award winners were Robert M. Stern and William J. Ray, Emily Hahn, Elizabeth Einstein, Eric Braun, and Stephen Glauber and Dan Rather. Other members of the APF are Wilbert J. McKeachie (Vice-President}, Boris E. Cherney (Treasurer), Charles A. Kiesler (Secretary), Kenneth B. Clark, Anne Anastasi, Leona E. Tyler, Albert Bandura, Donald T. Campbell, and Theodore H. Blau. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Awards.

The American Psychological Foundation's National Media Award was established in 1956 to recognize and encourage outstanding reporting which increases the public's knowledge and understanding of psychology. This year for the first time awards were made in three categories: (a) television, radio, and movie; (6) book and monograph; and (c) newspaper and magazine. In the television-radio-movie category, the award this year (1971) was presented to David Prowitt, producer and narrator of the film The Mind of Man. In the book-monograph category, the award was given to Richard I. Evans, author of the book Gordon Allport: The Man and His Ideas. In the newspaper-magazine category, the recipient of the award was Emily Hahn for her article On the Side of the Apes. The article first appeared in the New Yorker magazine and has since been published in book form. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

National Media Award.

In 1970, the category for the American Psychological Foundation's Media Award was books. However, the Award Committee judged that no book published during the reviewed period was worthy of an award. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)