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Category: In Memoriam

Robert Teghtsoonian, im memoriam

Posted on January 25, 2022

Martha Teghtsoonian Robert Teghtsoonian (1932-2017) was born in Toronto, Canada, where his parents had emigrated from Armenia in the wake of the Armenian genocide and the First World War.1 Bob (as everyone called…

Eugene Galanter (Oct. 27, 1924 – Nov. 9, 2016)

Posted on January 25, 2022

Imagine Gene Galanter in military uniform atop a hill. He is looking at the vast expanse of human behavior unfolding below him. The behaviors range from gallantry, Eugene himself received the French…

Robert Teghtsoonian * 04.02.1932 – †01.07.2017

Posted on August 3, 2017

Robert (Bob) Teghtsoonian was not only a founding member of the International Society for Psychophysics. From the very beginning, his continuous and lively engagement in the progress of the Society was outstanding:…

In memoriam: Ragnar Steingrimsson

Posted on August 3, 2017

Ragnar Steingrimsson, UCI IMBS associate project scientist, dies at 50 Ragnar Steingrimsson, associate project scientist in the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at University of California at Irvine, passed away in his…

William M. Petrusic, 1939-2014

Posted on July 6, 2015

Craig Leth-Steensen* Carleton University, Canada     Our very distinguished and long-standing member, Professor William (“Bill”) M. Petrusic has left us. He died on Dec. 12, 2014, at the age of 75….

Hannes Eisler, 1923-2015

Posted on July 2, 2015

Åke Hellström Stockholm University, Sweden Our very distinguished member, Professor Hannes Eisler, Stockholm University, has left us. He died on May 28, 2015, at the age of 91. He was a member…

William M. Petrusic (1939-2014)

Posted on April 17, 2015

Craig Leth-Steensen and Jordan Schoenherr Carleton University, Ottawa Steven Carroll St. Mary’s University, Halifax William M. (“Bill”) Petrusic received a BA in psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1961, an…

Douglas Vickers (1940 – 2004)

Posted on March 30, 2015

Stephen Link University of California, San Diego Douglas Vickers, age 64, died suddenly at his home in Adelaide, Australia, on October 31, 2004. He is survived by his wife Yvonne, children Marc…

Anna D. Eisler 1937-2011

Posted on February 23, 2015

Åke HellströmStockholms universitet, Stockholm Anna D. Eisler was born near Bratislava in former Czechoslovakia. In 1968 she came to Stockholm. Educated as an economist, she became employed as a bank clerk. After…

R. Duncan Luce (1925-2012)

Posted on January 17, 2015

Eugene GalanterColumbia University I met Bob Bush at Dartmouth at the Social Science Research Council Mathematics meeting, in the summer of 1953. I also met Fred Mosteller, Leon Festinger, and Paul Lazarsfeld…

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