Category: In Memoriam

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…

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 (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:…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…