APA has awarded Juris G. Draguns, PhD, the 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.
Draguns was born in Latvia, but his academic career spans Latvia, Germany, and Syracuse and Rochester, N.Y. Over the last 30 years, he has held appointments at Rochester and Worcester State Hospitals as well as in 17 countries. He has published more than 130 works in the fields of microgenesis, cognitive style and cultural psychology. He is proficient in six languages and much of his research is done in languages other than English.
Fred Goodwin, PhD, is known to most of the general public as the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) who brought awareness of mental illness into the mainstream and created international standards for diagnosing mental illness. But these days Goodwin has taken up a different line of work as host of the radio show, "The Infinite Mind."
Goodwin has tackled issues ranging from accepting an illness to depression to how children learn. Guests such as writer John Updike, actor Anthony Edwards and former first lady Rosalyn Carter have attracted a wide audience of nonhealth-care professionals. Since its inception in March 1998, "The Infinite Mind" has been broadcast in more than 150 public radio markets in the United States and Canada.
I. King Jordan, PhD, the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, was one of 28 extraordinary citizens honored by President Clinton during a December White House ceremony on Jan. 6. He was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Jordan has worked as a psychologist and teacher at several institutions in the United States, Scotland and France and is known internationally as an advocate for all people with disabilities.
The University of Minnesota (UM) recently awarded Paul Meehl, PhD, an Honorary Doctorate of Science, the highest award the university grants. The award recognizes international figures of great stature. Meehl is an alumni of UM and studied under psychologist B.F. Skinner. Meehl's work has spanned over four decades and has included psychometrics, statistics and psychotherapy. He is best known for his development of "coherent cut kinetics," a taxometric method used to test theories concerning schizophrenia.
--R. BALLIE
