Professor Seymour B. Sarason (1919 - 2010)
Professor of Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Seymour B. Sarason
Professor of Psychology
Yale University
1943 married to Esther Kroop
Degrees
A.B. Rutgers (Newark), 1939
M.A. Clark University, 1940
Ph.D. Clark University, 1942
Position
Professor, Yale University
Department of Psychology, and
Institution for Social and Policy Studies
Past Positions
Chief Psychologist, Southbury Training School: 1942-1945
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University: 1945-1946
Assistant Professor, Yale University: 1946-1949
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training Program, 1949-1962
Professor of Yale University: 1954-present
Director, Psycho-Educational Clinic: 1963-1970
Societies
American Psychological Association
Eastern Psychological Association
Connecticut State Psychological Society
Awards
1969: Distinguished Contribution to Clinical Psychology, American
Psychological Association
1973: Distinguished Contributions Award, Divisions of Education
and Psychology, American Association on Mental Deficiency
1974: Special Award in the Field of Mental Retardation, American
Association on Mental Deficiency
1975: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Community Psychology
and Mental Health, Division of Community Psychology, American
Psychological Association
1975-1977: IBM Professor of Urban Education, Yale
1984: Distinguished Contributions to the Public Interest Award, American Psychological Association
1989: Distinguished Service Medal, Teachers College,
Columbia University
1996: Lifetime Contribution to the Public Interest, Gold Medal Award,
American Psychological Foundation.
Awards and Appointments
Special Leave of Absence in 1957 to the National Association for Retarded
Children to evaluate (with Thomas Gladwin) psychological and cultural research in this area
Adjunct Professor, Southern Connecticut State College, 1958-1961
- Conducted a special observation seminar for special education teachers
Lecturer, Boston University, Department of Special Education, 1961-1965
- Continued study (with Burton Blatt) of a special training procedure
for special education
- Research consultant and associate on Dr. Blatt's study of preschool
stimulation and handling of culturally deprived children
President, Division of Clinical Psychology, APA, 1978-1979
Honorary Degrees:
Doctor of Humane Letters, Syracuse University, 1983
Doctor of Science, Queens College (in CUNY), 1985
Doctor of Humane Letters, Rhode Island College, 1988
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