A. The Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award is announced by the Awards Committee at the first board meeting of the year. The award is then presented by the President of the Division and the awardee will be invited to deliver an address at a mutually agreed upon time.
B. The Board shall employ the following guidelines for the selection of the recipient of the Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award:
  • Distinguished, sustained service in the practice of psychology. While no specific length of service is required, a minimum of 15 to 20 years should be the norm.
  • The candidate is licensed and devotes a significant portion of time to the delivery of services.
  • Evidence of having received local, state, or national recognition.
  • The achievement of recognition by an appropriate specialty board.
  • Having served on local, state, or national boards, committees, and/or a Division of APA.
  • The publication of theoretical, scientific, and/or research articles, books, monographs, and assessment devices which have made a demonstrable impact on the practice or thinking of colleagues.
  • The recipient of honors from other professional organizations.
  • Significant contribution in the areas of the training and/or teaching of colleagues.
  • Distinguished contribution to public welfare as a psychologist.
C. Previous Recipients of the Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award.
    1981 - Herbert J. Freudenberger
    1982 - Marvin Metsky
    1983 - Stanley R. Graham
    1984 - Jack G. Wiggins
    1985 - Evelyn Hill
    1986 - Robert Weitz
    1987 - Stanley Moldawsky
    1988 - Arthur L. Kovacs
    1989 - Mathilda Canter
    1990 - George D. Goldman
    1991 - Karen Zager
    1992 - Michael F. Enright
    1993 - Sandra Haber
    1994 - Richard H. Mikesell
    1995 - Ronald Fox
    1996 - Dorothy W Cantor
    1997 - Karen Shore
    1998 - Michael Murphy
1999 - T. Richard Saunders
    2000 - Alan Entin
Read about the current recipient of the Psychologist of the Year Award (click here)
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Karen Shore receives APA Presidential Citation
from Elaine Rodino, President, Division 42:

    I am happy to announce to the 42 membership that at the Awards Hour of the Joint Mini-Convention "Psychologists Creating Impact" (Div 42 and 17), I presented an APA Presidential Citation from our APA President Pat DeLeon to Karen Shore. President DeLeon asked me to present this award to Karen with the request that she be surprised. Karen was definitely surprised. The Award Program was to honor Ted Strickland and Brian Baird. Karen said her thanks and recognition to Ted Strickland who was very supportive to the Rescue Health Care Day event. Below is the text of the Presidential Citation:

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION FROM PAT DELEON, Ph.D., J.D.
PRESIDENT, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
TO KAREN SHORE, Ph.D.

    Karen has personally, passionately and articulately taken the entire managed care philosophy of the country to task, showing where it is flawed, advocating for patient rights to freely choose their mental health practitioner, fighting against the tyranny of the corporate incursions into the domain of mental health care, and helping people to return to personal responsibility between therapist and client.

    She has gained national recognition on national television and in print, in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times for her fight against the invasions of privacy and denials of service to patients. She has formed and has chaired a national organization to structure this fight.

    Karen is primarily a practicing clinical psychologist who adds all this advocacy to her regular work schedule. When many of us would have conceded the field to the corporate intruders into the treatment relationship, she has led us back to the battle and suggested strategies for the preservation of sensible patient treatment.

A. The Distinguished Public Service Award may be presented to an appropriate candidate at a time and place to be decided by the Awards Committee. This award shall be determined, announced and granted in the same year.
B. The Board of Directors shall use the following resources as sources of recommendation for the selection of possible recipients of the Distinguished Public Service Award:
  • The APA Practice Directorate
  • State Psychological Associations in the region where the Annual Convention is being held.
  • Congressional Fellows of APA.
C. It is desirable to coordinate selection of awardees with the Chief Executive Officers and Vice-Presidents of APA.
D. Previous Distinguished Public Service Award Recipients
    1984 - U.S. Representative Claude Pepper
    1985 - Senator Alan Cranston
    1986 - Donald Ian MacDonald
    1987 - U.S. Representative William Gray III
    1988 - Senator John D. Rockefeller IV and U.S. Representative Charles Rangel
    1989 - Bryant Welch, Ph.D., J.D. and the APA Practice Directorate
    1990 - Patrick DeLeon, Ph.D., J.D.
    1991 - Bruce Bronzan, California Asseblyman
    1992 - None
    1993 - Jack G. Wiggins, Ph.D.
    1994 - APA Disaster Response Network
    1995 - None
    1996 - None
    1997- Senator Pete V. Domenici
    1998 - Russell Newman, Ph.D., J.D.
1999 - Senator Tom Harkin
2000 -
    2001 - Stephen Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
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A. The Rosalee G. Weiss Award is a joint award with the Division of Psychotherapy (Division 29). The award is made possible by an endowment given to the American Psychological Foundation by Raymond A. Weiss. It was established in 1994 by Raymond A. Weiss, PhD, in honor of his wife Rosalee. The lucturer recieves an $800 honorarium. Representatives of Division 42 and Division 29 recommend the award candidates to the Board of the American Psychological Foundation, and the Foundation adminsters the lecture series.
B. The Awards Committees of both division shall employ the following guidelines for the selection of the recipient of the Rosalee G. Weiss Award.
• Outstanding leader in arts or science whose contributions have significance for Psychology, but whose careers are not directly in the spheres encompassed by Psychology; or

• Outstanding leaders in any of the special areas within the spheres of Psychology.
C. The candidate is chosen on alternate years by Division 42 and Division 29. Division 42 chooses on odd years.
D. Rosalee G. Weiss Award Recipients
    1994 - Asher Pacht
    1995 - Donald R. Peterson
    1996 - Peter Nathan
    1997 - Ellen McGrath
    1998 - Larry Buetler
    1999-Andrea Farkas Patenaude