Harriet L. Rheingold
GRADUATE
STUDENT
FELLOWSHIP
Harriet L. Rheingold was a rare and unique individual. She was a towering figure in the field of developmental psychology - nationally recognized for her pioneering research on the social development of infants and young children - a dedicated scholar, an author and a well-loved teacher and colleague. "Harriet Rheingold's research stood out for its originality, its rigorous methodology and its theoretical independence and significance," said Peter Ornstein, department chair at the University. "We in the department are very conscious of the legacies and values that we have inherited from Harriet." To honor the memory of a woman who devoted her life to her discipline, the University has created a graduate student fellowship. With the establishment of this fellowship, her name will continue to make important contributions to psychology by serving as a reminder to future generations of scholars of her dedication and commitment to scholarship and education. 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 Harriet L. Rheingold 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 Rheingold Fund is $300,000, which will support a fellowship at the highest level on the UNC-CH campus. Selection will be based on scholastic merit. Many students and colleagues of Harriet L. Rheingold have been touched over the years by her warmth, guidance, enthusiasm and professionalism. Please join them in honoring this distinguished teacher and researcher by helping future graduate students in psychology at Carolina.
"I served on Harriet's Ph.D. dissertation committee in the 1950s at the University of Chicago, was aware of her fine work as a research investigator at the National Institutes of Health, and then was delighted to welcome her as a faculty colleague at UNC-CH. Her influential studies of infant behavior were con- ducted with the highest standards of research. Her personal and professional integrity was evident to all. That legacy continues to inspire her many students and colleagues to reach for similar goals in their scholarly endeavors and in their daily lives. " Lyle Jones Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus Former Director, L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory Former Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Graduate School "Her research led to major changes in the way we rear our children, and the research following hers has proven many of the things she said were quite true. She was a guide to me in my life as an academic person. Her legacy to me was definitely her advice on my own research." Dr. Arnold Rheingold Son of Harriet Rheingold, Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Delaware "It was Harriet's unique ability to take infants and their behavior seriously, combined with her consid- erable scientific talents, that now makes possible a new and more hopeful view of human development. This view recognizes the promise of infancy and the uncanny abilities of children, when given the oppor- tunity, to educate and to socialize themselves and the world around them... What Dr. Rheingold's work tells us as adults is that we are as profoundly depen- dent on children as they are on us. It is they who determine the fate of the legacies and values we leave behind, and it is they who forge the future. " Excerpt from Dr. Rheingold's nomination by Department of Psychology Faculty Members for the honorary Doctor of Science Degree from UNC-CH in 1986
Honoring a Lifetime OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE
Harriet L. Rheingold's record includes: Education: Cornell University; A.B. Philosophy, 1928 Columbia University, M.A. Psychology; 1930 University of Chicago, Ph.D. Psychology, 1955 Positions: Yale University, Research Fellow, 1930-31 Worcester State Hospital, Research Fellow, 1931-32 New Hampshire State Hospital, Psychologist, 1932-33 Peoples Junior College, Chicago, Instructor, 1935-36 Illinois Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, Supervising Psychologist, 1936-45 Rockford College, Illinois, Assistant Professor, 1945-53 National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, Research Psychologist, 1955-64 Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, Fellow, Spring 1959 National Institute of Mental Health, Acting Chief, Section on Early Development, 1961-62 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Professor, 1964-78 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emeritus, 1978-2000 Selected Honors: Phi Beta Kappa A.B. with Honors, Cornell University Julia Lathrop Award for Distinguished Service to the Community, Rockford, Illinois, 1948 Sigma Xi Research Career Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1964-78 G. Stanley Hall Award, Division of Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1977 Professional Achievement Award, University of Chicago Alumni Association, 1979 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
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