Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award
The Ernest R. Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made significant and long-lasting contributions to general psychology consistent with the mission and goals of Div. 1. The awardee will be expected to give an invited address at the subsequent APA Annual Convention and is invited to provide a copy of the award presentation for inclusion in the newsletter of the Society (The General Psychologist). The awardee will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $1,500 to help defray travel expenses for that convention.
Annual deadline: Feb. 15
There are no restrictions on nominees, and self-nominations as well as nominations by others are encouraged.
Nomination packets should include the candidate's vitae along with a detailed statement indicating why the nominee is a worthy candidate for the award and supporting letters from others who endorse the nomination.
Nominations and supporting materials should be submitted to Deborah Johnson.
2018
Nancy Hill, Harvard Graduate School of Education2017
Stephanie Shields, PhD, Pennsylvania State University2016
Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Robert J. Sternberg, PhD, Cornell University
2015
Richard M. Lerner, PhD, Tufts University
2014
Scott Lilienfeld, PhD, Emory University
2013
Morton Ann Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2012
Hortensia de Los Angeles Amaro, University of Southern California
2011
John C. Norcross, University of Scranton
2010
Ludy T. Benjamin, Professor of Psychology at Texas A & M University
2009
Linda Bartoshuk, University of Florida
2008
Danny Wedding
2007
Nancy Eisenberg
2006
Travis I. Thompson
2005
Florence L. Denmark
2004
Jeff Bitterman
2003
Lewis Lipsitt
2002
Wilse B. Webb
2001
Murray Sidman
2000
Philip Zimbardo
1998
Melvin H. Marx
1996
G. A. Kimble
1995
Daniel Kahneman
1994
Ernest R. Hilgard