Yuko Yamashita continues to encourage us
Author: Dr. Yoshitaka Nakajima (Fukuoka, Aug. 15th, 2023) Almost one thousand days have passed since our colleague, Yuko Yamashitaʼs, passing. On the one hundredth day since …
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In Memoriam
Memorial notices for senior members and colleagues in the psychophysics community.
Robert Teghtsoonian, im 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 …
Eugene Galanter (Oct. 27, 1924 – Nov. 9, 2016)
Photo courtesy of Mrs. Patricia Galanter Imagine Gene Galanter in military uniform atop a hill. He is looking at the vast expanse of human behavior unfolding below him. The …
Robert Teghtsoonian * 04.02.1932 – †01.07.2017
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 …
In memoriam: Ragnar Steingrimsson
Ragnar Steingrimsson, UCI IMBS associate project scientist, dies at 50 Ragnar Steingrimsson, associate project scientist in the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at …
Eugene Galanter 27 October 1924 – 9 November 2016
Diana Kornbrot, University of Hertfordshire Gene Galanter, an early and enthusiastic member of ISP, has died peacefully after a long and heroic struggle with cancer, during which …
William M. Petrusic, 1939-2014
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 …
Hannes Eisler, 1923-2015
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 …
William M. Petrusic (1939-2014)
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 …
Douglas Vickers (1940 – 2004)
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, …
Anna D. Eisler 1937-2011
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 …
R. Duncan Luce (1925-2012)
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 …
John C. Baird (June 24, 1938 – June 8, 2011)
Timothy Hubbard John C. (“Jack”) Baird received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth in 1960 and his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1964. He served as a Professor of Psychological and …
Joseph Charles Stevens (1929-2014)
Larry Marks John B. Pierce Laboratory and Yale University A leader in sensory psychophysics during the second half of the 20th century, Joe Stevens died unexpectedly but peacefully …
Reflections on the Life and Work of Bertram Scharf (1931-2011)
Robert & Martha TeghtsoonianSmith College Northampton, Massachusetts We first met Bert in September, 1955, when all three of us were part of the incoming class of graduate …
Lorraine Allan (1940-2012)
Scott Parker American University, Washington, DC Lorraine was a longstanding and dedicated member of the ISP, and was a member of the Executive Board in 1996 and 1997. Born in …
Jacques Kornbrot 1938 -2014
To all my good friends in ISP, sad to inofrm you of death of Jacques on 6th Nov. He was my unfailing support in all my work for ISP, so any achievements and contributions of mine …