Raymond D. Fowler
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| Raymond D. Fowler | |
| Occupation | consultant, former Executive V.P., CEO, American Psychological Association |
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Raymond D. Fowler, (born December 22, 1930) is an American psychologist and Professor Emeritus of the University of Alabama. He was president of the American Psychological Association (1988) and subsequently served as APA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from 1989 to 2003
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[edit] Personal life
Raymond Fowler was born in Jasper, Alabama, a small coal mining town in the mountainous north central region of the state. His mother was a public school teacher. His father was an accountant and later director of the Alabama State Retirement System. Fowler is married to Sandra Mumford Fowler. They have a blended family of five children and five grandchildren.
[edit] Education
Fowler was educated in the public schools of Alabama. He received a BA degree and an MA degree in 1953 in psychology from the University of Alabama. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1957.
[edit] Career
In 1956, Fowler joined the faculty of the University of Alabama, where he remained until 1986, when he was appointed professor emeritus. From 1965 to 1983, he served as department head. In 1987, he was appointed professor and head of the psychology department at the University of Tennessee, where he served until June 1989, when he assumed his position as APA Chief Executive Officer.
Fowler has been recognized for his work in the areas of substance abuse, criminal behavior and personality assessment. In the early 1960s, he developed a method of computer interpretation for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
He was appointed in 1976 by Federal District Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. to direct a court - ordered prison reform program that included assessing every prisoner in the Alabama prison system and recommending educational and rehabilitation programs for them.
In 1976, Fowler was retained by the estate of Howard R. Hughes, who had died without a will, to determine his mental status at various periods of his life.
In 1979, he was the first U.S. psychologist invited to visit the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing. In 1998, Fowler was elected treasurer of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and a member of its Executive Committee. In 1998, he was Secretary General for the IAAP’s XXIV International Congress of Applied Psychology.
At the state and national level, Dr. Fowler has been a member of the National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He was a task force member of the President’s Commission on Mental Health and was an invited participant to the White House Conference on Health and the National Conference on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. He has been a consultant to the Director of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Veterans Administration, and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. From 1965 to 1968 he was vice-president of the Council on Human Relations, the first biracial human rights group in Alabama.
[edit] American Psychological Association
Fowler served four years as APA treasurer, became its 97th president in 1997 and served as Chief Executive Officer since 1989. He stepped down as CEO and Executive Vice President at the end of 2001.[1]
In 2003, the APA established the Raymond D. Fowler Award in his honor. This award is given to members who have made "a significant and enduring impact on APA as an organization and who has shown a clear dedication to advancing APA’s mission".[2]
He is on the Editorial Board of the European Psychologist; sponsored by the European Federation of Psychological Associations. In 2000, he was the recipient of the APA Division of International Psychology’s Distinguished International Psychological Award for his significant contributions to global psychology. He is a lifetime honorary member of the Psychological Society of South Africa. In 1979, he was the first U.S. psychologist invited to visit the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing after relationships resumed between the two countries, and he has returned to China on five occasions to lecture and to lead joint conferences between U.S. and Chinese psychologists.
He has contributed to the research literature in psychology with over 70 articles, books, chapters, and other publications, especially in the areas of substance abuse, criminal behavior, and psychological assessment[citation needed].
[edit] Current Status
Since leaving the American Psychological Association, Fowler has been a consultant to international organizations. In 2006, he was elected president elect of the International Association of Applied Psychology and he will become IAAP president in 2010.
[edit] References and Publications
- ^ "A Psi Chi Tribute to Raymond D. Fowler" (Winter 2003). Eye on Psi Chi 7 (2). The National Honor Society in Psychology.
- ^ Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contributions to APA - American Psychological Association
Fowler, R. D., Jr. (1967). Computer interpretation of personality tests: The automated psychologist. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 8(6), 455-467. Fowler, R. D., Jr., & Marlow, G. H. (1968). A computer program for personality analysis. Behavioral Science, 13(5), 413-416. Fowler, R. D., Jr. (1969). Current status of computer interpretation of psychological tests. American Journal of Psychiatry, 125 (7), (Suppl.), 21-27.
Fowler, R. D. Jr., & Miller, M. L. (1969). Computer interpretation of the MMPI: Its use in clinical practice. Archives of General Psychiatry, 21, 502-508.
Webb, J. T., Miller, M. L., & Fowler, R. D., Jr. (1970). Extending professional time: A computerized MMPI interpretation service. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 26(2), 210-214. Fowler, R. D., Jr. (1985). Landmarks in computer assisted psychological assessment. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 53(6), 748-759. Fowler, R. D., Jr., (1986). Howard Hughes: A psychological autopsy. Psychology Today, 20(5), 22-33. Fowler, R. D. Jr., (1987). Developing a computerized interpretation system. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.). Computerized psychological assessment. New York, NY: Basic Books. Fowler, R. D., (2006). Computers, criminals, an eccentric billionaire and APA: A brief autobiography. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87(3), 234-248.
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| Preceded by Unknown |
CEO & Executive V.P. American Psychological Association 1989 - December 31, 2002 |
Succeeded by Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D. |
