John McNulty was an extraordinary academician, researcher and leader whose efforts resulted in significant contributions to the field of personality assessment. John did not take a straight path to clinical psychology. Rather, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in... Continue Reading
Clifford M. DeCato, Ph.D. Clifford M. DeCato, Ph.D. Passed away on July 2, 2023. Cliff was a longstanding member of the Society for Personality Assessment. Among his accomplishments was the creation of a training program in personality assessment first, at Hahnemann University, and then, at... Continue Reading
Robert P. Archer, Ph.D, ABPP, ABAP It is with profound sadness that we report the untimely passing of Dr. Robert P. Archer, age 74, on May 28, 2023 from a recent illness. As a renowned expert in personality assessment and the leading figure in MMPI assessment of adolescents, Bob was very well... Continue Reading
Phil was a wonderful teacher, mentor, and wise contributor to the field of personality assessment. One of his gifts was his ability to translate the numbers of an assessment into a rich, compassionate, and fully human description of an individual. Another gift was his sense of humor. No one who... Continue Reading
John R. Graham passed away on December 5, 2022 at the age of 82. Jack, as he was known to all, was one of the pre-eminent figures in personality assessment. He was a longtime SPA member who embraced all assessment procedures, provided they were empirically supported. Jack always hued closely to... Continue Reading
Dr. Joseph Masling, a pioneering researcher in Freudian psychology who taught at the University at Buffalo for more than half a century, also indulged an eclectic range of interests. He played classical violin and listened only to classical music with a fierce antipathy toward anything composed... Continue Reading
Dr. Lilienfeld was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical) from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh,... Continue Reading
Our dear friend and colleague Dr. Bruce L. Smith passed away September 16, 2020. Born in San Francisco, CA in 1947, Bruce graduated cum laudefrom the University of California, Berkeley in Psychology in 1968 and went on to pursue both his masters and Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard... Continue Reading
"I was hesitant to write anything for submission to SPA without Gene having the opportunity to edit my grammar, a service he graciously offered (and I usually accepted) for over thirty years. Marvin Acklin said it best when he noted that Gene always came to SPA with a bag filled with presents to... Continue Reading
Dr. Arthur Clarence Horn, Jr., son of the late Catherine L. Hasselbacher Horn and Arthur Horn Sr., died on April 1, 2020. Art left behind his loving wife, Betta Lee Horn, of their home in Black Mountain, NC., along with devoted animal friends, Gracie, Moksha and Tashi. Also surviving him are his... Continue Reading
Founder and long-standing former President of The Finnish Rorschach Association, Life Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment, Doctor Carl-Erik Mattlar died in Vaasa, Finland on March 17, 2020. Carl-Erik was born in Helsinki on October 14, 1932. He studied psychology, history and... Continue Reading
