Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: William Washburn Grings, age 98, passed away on September 3, 2016, in Tucson, Arizona.Hilda, his wife of over 70 years, who had been his college sweetheart, passed away approximately 2 months later.They raised four children together, Carol and Steven, who predeceased them, and Janet and Elaine.Bill was one of the original members of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, being involved when the journal Psychophysiology was just a newsletter distributed among a handful of people in the late 1950s, and he coauthored an article in the first volume of the new journal.Bill went on to serve as president of the Society (Grings, 1969), and he later received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychophysiology Award from the Society (Furedy, 1979).He also served as associate editor of Psychophysiology and was frequently a consulting editor for the journal and for numerous other journals, in addition to serving on National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study section panels.Bill was born and raised in Iowa and began his Ph.D. studies at the University of Iowa, but they were interrupted by World War II.After serving in the United States Army Air Force, Bill returned to the University of Iowa where he received his Ph.D. in 1946.Bill then joined the faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1947 where he remained for 37 years, and in 1985 he was given the Faculty Lifetime Achievement
Source: Psychophysiology
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12857
Authors: Michael E. Dawson, Anne M. Schell
Institutions: University of Southern California, Occidental College
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2600265386