The Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Service
The Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Service to Division 6 Award recognizes members of Division 6 who have made sustained and exceptional contributions to the division. Recipients of this award are expected to have made a prolonged contribution in terms of both scholarly content and service to the division. The recipient receives a plaque at the business meeting of Division 6, held at the Annual Convention.
Clifford T. Morgan (1915-76) earned his undergraduate degree from Maryville College in Tennessee, where he was exposed to the allure of animal psychology; his PhD was from Rochester University. At Rochester University he was influenced by the science of Leonard Carmichael and K.U. Smith. He moved to Harvard University as an instructor working in Karl Lashley's laboratory. From Harvard he moved to the biology department at Johns Hopkins University in 1943, where the psychology department had been abolished. However in 1947, Morgan had the Johns Hopkins psychology department reorganized and subsequently reinstated. His 1943 book Physiological Psychology became a classic (reissued in 1950 by Morgan and Stellar), influential until at least the 1970s. While he was active in APA governance and publications, Morgan was also one of the founders of the Psychonomic Society and helped develop its journals. His other university appointments were at the University of Wisconsin, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Texas.
Nominations must be made by a member of Division 6.
Nomination materials include:
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A short (150-300 word) statement explaining why nominee is deserving of the award.
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Name and institutional affiliation of nominee.
Please send all nominations to Deirdre Yeater.
2025
Jeremy Bailoo
2024
Michael Beran (Georgia State University)
2023
James W. Kalat
2022
Jennifer Vonk
2021
Linda M. Bartoshuk
2020
Allyson Bennett
2019
Michael Domjan
2018
William (Bill) Mason
2017
Charles T. Snowdon
2016
David Washburn
2015
Gary Greenberg
2014
Nicolle Matthews
2013
Mary Cain
2012
Gordon Burghardt
2011
Chana Akins
2010
none
2009
Eric Wiertalak
2008
Sangeeta Panicker
2006-07
none
2005
Nancy K. Dess
2004
Karen L. Hollis
2003
none
2002
H.Roitblat
2001
J. B. Overmier
2000
none
1999
Mary Lou Cheal
1998
Donald A. Dewsbury
1997
none