John C. Linton, PhD, ABPP, was awarded a Presidential Citation for his visionary and remarkable leadership at the West Virginia University Charleston Campus and within U.S. psychology.
Linton, recently appointed associate vice president for health sciences and campus dean of the School of Medicine, West Virginia University Charleston Campus, is one of the few psychologists ever to serve as a medical school dean. A gifted statesperson, he is an inspiration and role model to psychologists in clinical and health psychology and in academic health science centers. A beloved colleague and a gifted teacher and mentor, he has a distinguished career of service on major APA boards and on the APA Council of Representatives, within APA divisions, in other significant national psychology organizations and in his home community. A well-respected scholar, a compassionate individual with a dry sense of humor and a team player par excellence, he has received countless awards for his outstanding and distinguished contributions to health psychology, legislative advocacy, education and training, and service to the profession.