Distinguished Members
Persons who "have national or international reputations because of contributions made to psychology and Psi Chi" in the areas of research, service, and/or teaching, and who have been approved by Psi Chi's Board of Directors are extended the prestigious title of Distinguished Member. Chapters or Board of Director members may submit nominations by completing this application form. Brief biographies of select Distinguished Members may be found below.
Listed here are Psi Chi's 31 Distinguished Members (in alphabetical order):
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Name
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School/Association
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Year Became
Distinguished Member*
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Case Western Reserve,
University of Vermont
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1971
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Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
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2008
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Stanford University
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1999
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University of Puerto Rico-UPR,
Rio Piedras Campus
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2006
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Duke University
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1972
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Jerome S. Bruner
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Harvard University, Oxford University
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1970
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University of Colorado
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2006
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Arizona State University
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2006
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University of Chicago
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1984
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Pace University
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1999
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American Psychological Association (APA)
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1999
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University of Southern California
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1984
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Psi Chi National Council
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1984
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Berger Institute for Work, Family, & Children,
Claremont McKenna College
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2005
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Otto Klineberg
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International Center for Intergroup Relations
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1984
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Frederick H. Lewis
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Psi Chi Cofounder
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1984
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University of California, Irvine
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2005
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James Madison University
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2008
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Rollo May
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Cal State Univ, Long Beach
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1972
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Neal E. Miller
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Rockefeller University
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1984
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Edwin B. Newman
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Psi Chi Cofounder, Harvard University
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1984
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John Popplestone
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Archives of the History of American Psychology
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1986
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Duane Rumbaugh
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Language Research Center, Georgia State University
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1995
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Harvard University
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2005
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B. F. Skinner
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Harvard University
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1984
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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1984
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University of South Florida
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1999
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Yale University
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2005
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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2006
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Joseph Wolpe
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Pepperdine University
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1993
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Philip G. Zimbardo
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Stanford University
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2004
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* In 1972, Psi Chi changed the title of "Honorary Member" to "Distinguished Member."
Brief Biographies
George W. Albee, served as president of APA in 1970.
Albert Bandura, David Starr Jordan Professor of Social Sciences in Psychology at Stanford University, former president of APA, and winner of awards too numerous to list, has been a supporter of Psi Chi for many years.
William Bevan, 1982 APA President and APA Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Award, whose research interests were in perception and cognition, vision and human engineering, pursued interests in psychology and public policy through his post at the John D. and Catherine T. Marshall Foundation.
Stuart W. Cook, 1983 APA Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Award, focused his research on the social problems of anti-Semitism, racism, desegregation, the ethical treatment of human participants, resource conservation, and environmental protection.
Florence L. Denmark, Robert S. Pace Distinguished Professor and chair of psychology at Pace University, is a former Eastern regional vice-president of Psi Chi and is the only Psi Chi Council member to have served as president of Psi Chi and APA (1980) at the same time. Read more about her here.
Raymond D. Fowler, a former Southeastern regional vice-president of Psi Chi, served as professor and chair of psychology at the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee and as president of APA in 1988 prior to his remarkable "second" career as the highly successful chief executive officer of APA.
J. P. Guilford, who published his three-factor theory of intelligence in The Nature of Human Intelligence (1967), served as president of APA in 1950.
Ruth B. Guilford, Psi Chi's first true Executive Officer from 1930-1935 and Historian from 1950-1962, helped formulate and regularize the processes of the National Office.
M. Brewster Smith, who addressed the Psi Chi National Convention in 1968 on the subject, "Morality and Student Protest," served as president of APA in 1978.
Charles D. Spielberger, Distinguished University Research Professor and director, Center for Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology, University of South Florida, and an internationally renowned psychologist, has served as Psi Chi Southeastern regional vice-president, Psi Chi national president, and president of APA in 1991.