The Fate of the Generalist: Edward L. Walker (1914−1997) as a Case Study

Abstract

Psychology has become a field for specialists. I explore the fate of a generalist who did not fit this image, Edward L. Walker. Walker was president of both a regional society and a division of the American Psychological Association, author of 11 books, counselor to many graduate students, and a mainstay in a top psychology department. He received a Career Research Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. He contributed to the study of learning and motivation, aesthetics, the science of psychiatry, social psychology, and more. Yet, on his death, there appeared no obituaries in the psychology national media. One reason may be the very breadth of his interests.

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