Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contributions to APA

This award recognizes an APA member who has had a significant and enduring impact on APA as an organization and who has shown a clear dedication to advancing APA's mission.

Deadline:

Sponsor: Governance

Description

A citation will be read at a Council of Representatives meeting, and the recipient's name will be added to a wall plaque that will be placed prominently in the APA headquarters building. A $1,000 honorarium will accompany the award.

Annual deadline: March 31

Eligibility

Nominees must be an APA member. Prospective nominees for the Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contributions to APA will demonstrate one or more of the following:

  • clear dedication to advancing APA's mission

  • outstanding effort in advancing APA as a professional organization

  • consensus-building among constituent groups within the organization

  • contributions that have a significant and enduring impact on the association

  • contributions that have a significant impact on the financial health of the organization

How to Apply

APA members may be nominated by another APA member or constituent APA group (i.e., APA boards, committees, divisions, state/provincial psychological associations). Members of the Board of Directors are not eligible to be nominated for the award during their term of service on the board. Current APA staff members are also ineligible for nomination.

A complete nomination package is required for consideration. That includes:

  • a nominations statement of up to 500 words

  • no more than three letters of support

  • current CV

Annual deadline: March 31

Nominations should be sent to Lesley Murdock, Communications, by March 31. Please see the call for nominations (PDF, 101KB)opens in new window for more information.

Past Recipients

2026

Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD

2025

Dan Abrahamson, PhD

2024

Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP

2023

Sandra L. Shullman, PhD

2022

Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, ABBP

2021

Antonio E. Puente, PhD

2020

Linda M. Forrest, PhD

2019

Ronald H. Rozensky, PhD, ABBP

2018

Merry Bullock, PhD

2017

Armand R. Cerbone, PhD, ABPP

2016

Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD

2015

Norman Abeles, PhD

2014

Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD

2013

Diane F. Halpern, PhD

2012

William C. Howell, PhD

2011

Bonnie R. Strickland, PhD

2010

Mathilda B. Canter, PhD

2009

Ronald E. Fox, PhD

2008

Charles L. Brewer, PhD

2007

Florence L. Denmark, PhD

2006

Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, MPH, JD

2005

Richard M. Suinn, PhD

2004

Raymond D. Fowler, PhD

Last updated: January 2026Date created: 2008