For decades, psychologist have used the
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
to assess their clients' personality and emotional traits.
W. Grant Dahlstrom's work on the MMPI,
the widely used instrument for the measurement of
psychopathology, has served the discipline far beyond
the boundaries of
Carolina, as has his work with graduate students.
"Grant Dahlstrom has been an inspiration to all of us
in the Department of
Psychology," said Peter Ornstein, former department chair at
the University,
"Members of the faculty and staff, as well as several
generations
of students, have been enriched by contact with Dr. Dahlstrom."
To honor his research and his tireless devotion to
graduate education, the University has created a graduate
student fellowship in psychology in his name.
This fellowship will provide future students with a per-
manent reminder of his dedication and is a fitting tribute
to a man who has chaired 60 dissertation committees.
Attracting and retaining outstanding graduate students
is one of the University's highest priorities. But to
attract
the best graduate students in the nation, Carolina must
be
able to offer competitive awards. The W. Grant Dahlstrom
Graduate Student Fellowship helps the university do
just that and does so in the name of a valued mentor
to
students over the years.
The goal for the Dahlstrom Fund is $300,000,
which will support a fellowship at the highest level
on
the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Selection will be based
on scholastic merit.
Many students and colleagues of W. Grant Dahlstrom
have been touched over the years by his warmth, guidance,
enthusiasm and professionalism. Please join them in
honoring this devoted scholar and teacher by helping
future graduate students in psychology at Carolina.
"Grant Dahlstrom has impacted
my academic development more than any other single individual. His integrity,
wisdom and encyclopedic knowledge of the field are unsurpassed. His unwavering
commitment to students at all levels of training and his gentle smile have
created an optimal atmosphere for learning and personal growth for many
decades. He is the gold standard for what it means to be a scholar. The
field of psychology and the University of North Carolina can never thank
him adequately for his service and contributions. I am delighted that we
have decided to honor him with a graduate student fellowship."
Donald H. Baucom
Professor and Director of the Clinical
Program
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
"His outstanding contributions
to psychology as both a discipline and a profession, his exceptional commitment
to students, and his warm and supportive demeanor have made Grant Dahlstrom
a role model for all of us. Because of the central role that Dr. Dahlstrom
has played in our lives and in the life of the University, we are delighted
to honor him with the establishment of the Grant Dahlstrom Graduate Fellowship
Fund."
Peter Ornstein
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
"Over a half-century of acquaintance
with Grant Dahlstrom as student, co-author, regular correspondent and warm
personal friend has been one of the rewards of my scientific life. His
high scholarly competence, scrupulous intellectual honesty and social concern
exemplify the model that our Minnesota department's tradition has always
striven to produce.
Paul E. Meehl
Regent's Professor Psychology, Emeritus
University of Minnesota
"Grant Dahlstrom was a student
of Starke Hathway's, one of the authors of the MMPI. Grant began his work
on the instrument in graduate school and made valuable contributions to
the literature on the instrument throughout his career. Grant and Leona
Dahlstrom are renowned for their generosity in providing information for
those interested in doing research on the MMPI instruments."
Beverly Kaemmer
Assistant Director
University of Minnesota Press
"Grant is a wise man whose memorialization
in the form of a fellowship is well-deserved. Long known as a master clinical
diagnostician, many students have learned or should learn from him. Over
the years, our paths have crossed various times and, always, I have been
stimulated in my own thinking by his characteristically understated observations.
He was early on to the usefulness, even necessity of conceptualizing type
or taxa, an approach only recently becoming fully recognized. I have valued
him (and Leona, his wife) in many deep ways, and I congratulate them both
on this occasion."
Jack Block
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California at Berkeley
Honoring a Lifetime
OF RESEARCH
AND TEACHING
W. Grant Dahlstrom's record includes:
Education:
University of California at Los Angeles, 1940-41
University of Minnesota, B.A., 1941-44
University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1944-49
Positions:
University of Minnesota, Instructor, 1946-48
Ohio Wesleyan University, Instructor, 1948-49
University of Iowa, Visiting Assistant Prof., 1949-53
University of Iowa, Research Associate, 1957 {summer)
University of North Carolina, Associate Professor, 1953-60
Professor, 1960-87
Kenan Professor of Psychology,
1987-93
Emeritus, 1993-
Selected University and Professional Service:
Chairman, Dept. of Psychology, 1971-76
Project Director, Child Study Center, 1965
Member, Mental Health Study section, NIH, 1963-67
Chairman, Mental Health Study section, NIH, 1966-67
Co-editor, Journal of Personality, 1959-60
Honors:
Anisfield- Wolfe Award for Best Contribution to
Race Relations {with E. Baughman), 1968
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of
Mental Health, 1967-68
Fellow, James McKeen Cattell Foundation, 1976-77
Significant MMPI Contribution Award
{with L. E. Dahlstrom), 1986
Eugene A. Hargrove Mental Health Research Award,
N.C. Foundation for Mental Health Research, 1987
Distinguished Professional Contribution to Knowledge Award,
Board of Professional Affairs of the American Psychological
Association, 1991
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