Edward F. Zigler, PhD, best known as one of the creators of Head Start, died on Feb. 7 at age 88. Zigler was a Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University, where he had served on the faculty since 1959. As a developmental psychologist, Zigler worked throughout his career to improve the lives of American children and families, including as the first director of the U.S. Office of Child Development and as an adviser on children’s issues to every president from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama.
The Three Rivers Counseling Association has presented the Jimmy Alvarez Friend of Counseling Award to Sangeeta Singg, PhD, a professor of psychology at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, who has taught at the school for 37 years. The award recognizes Singg’s commitment to training the next generation of practitioners. Singg is the current president of the Psychological Association of Greater West Texas and has been a board member of the local American Health Association for 35 years.
The Illuminating Engineering Society has awarded the IES Medal, its highest honor, to Jennifer A. Veitch, PhD. The award recognizes outstanding technical achievement that has furthered the profession, art or knowledge of illuminating engineering. Veitch is a principal research officer at the National Research Council of Canada and is best known for her work on how indoor lighting affects health, well-being and performance.
The University of Guam has presented a Distinguished Alumni Award to Juan Rapadas, PhD, who earned his undergraduate degree in psychology at the university in 1989. Rapadas is a clinical psychologist who has devoted much of his career to working for the Guam government, most recently as a court clinical psychologist for the Judiciary of Guam, where he conducts forensic and psychological evaluations.
Stanford University has renamed a building in honor of psychologist and Stanford alumna Carolyn Lewis Attneave, PhD, who died in 1992. The building, the Carolyn Lewis Attneave House, is home to the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Attneave, one of the most well-known psychologists of American Indian background and an internationally renowned expert on cross-cultural psychology, earned both her master’s and doctoral degrees in education at Stanford University. Among her many achievements, Attneave spent six years providing mental health services to American Indians through the Oklahoma State Department of Health and was the founder of the Society of Indian Psychologists.
Nathan Stockhamer, PhD, a major force in establishing board certification for psychologist-psychoanalysts, died on Feb. 2 at age 91. Stockhamer was seen as a transformative figure in the history of American psychoanalysis. He was the first psychologist to serve as the training director at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City, one of the few psychoanalytic training institutes that admitted psychologists at the time. Stockhamer also served as president of APA’s Div. 39 (Psychoanalysis) and for two terms as the division’s representative to APA’s Council of Representatives.
Fairfield University has presented its Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award to associate professor of psychology Shannon M. Harding, PhD, for directing the revision of the university’s core curriculum. Harding has served on the Fairfield faculty since 2003. Among her achievements, Harding has trained and mentored more than 70 undergraduate students in her research lab, which investigates the role of hormones in autism spectrum disorder.