Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest

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, the first to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his/her career, and the second to a senior psychologist.

The 2004 recipients of the APA Awards for Psychology in the Public Interest were selected by the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI). Members of BAPPI's 2003 Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards were Patricia Arredondo, EdD; Candace M. Fleming, PhD; Jacquelyn Hall Gentry, PhD; Maria Root, PhD; and Melvin Wilson, PhD.

1978	Kenneth B. Clark
1979	Marie Johada Otto Klineberg
1980	Isidor Chein Nicholas Hobbs
1981	Herbert C. Kelman
1982	Edward F. Zigler
1983	James S. Jackson Stuart W. Cook
1984	Patric H. DeLeon Seymore B. Sarason
1985	Gary B. Melton Jerome D. Frank
1986	Stanley Sue John Janeway Conger
1987	Michael J. Saks Urie Bronfenbrenner
1988	Ellen Langer M. Brewster Smith
1989	Emory L. Cowen William Bevan Leonard Saxe
1990	Baruch Fischhoff David Lykken
1991	Susan T. Fiske Evelyn Hooker
1992	Hortensia Amaro Florence L. Denmark
1993	Laura C. Leviton Patrick H. DeLeon
1994	Robert Q. Pollard, Jr. Durand F. Jacobs
1995	David A. Riley Nancy Felipe Russo
1996	Gregory Herek (early career) Alan I. Leshner (senior)
1997	James G. Kelly (senior) Maria P. P. Root (early career)
1998/1999	Bonnie R. Strickland (senior)
2000	Lillian Comas-Díaz (senior) Jeannette R. Ickovics (early career)
2001	Martha Bernal (senior) Edward Dunbar (early career)
2002	Phyllis A. Katz (senior)* Melba J.T. Vasquez (senior)* Brian Smedley (early career)
2003	Claude M. Steele (senior)
2004	Dante Cicchetti (senior) Susan Limber (early career)
2005	Daniel Dodgen (early career) Margaret Beale Spencer
2006	Rose L. Clark (early career) McCay Vernon
2005	Daniel Dodgen (early career) Margaret Beale Spencer
2006	Rose L. Clark (early career) McCay Vernon
2007	Gary W. Harper (early career) Larke Nahme Huang