A History of the Eminent Southeastern Psychologists Symposium

In 1992, W. Harold Moon established a symposium about eminent women psychologists in the southeast, and for the next few years, he organized similar symposia. The people about whom papers were presented and the presenters in the Eminent Women in Southeastern Psychology Symposia are listed in Table 1.

The Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) Executive Committee decided in 2000 that the symposium should become an official component of the annual program and that the symposium should be a part of the SEPA History Project. The Executive Committee also decided that the scope of the symposium should be expanded to include eminent psychologists who are men and that the name should be changed. The people about whom papers have been presented and the presenters in the Eminent Southeastern Psychologists Symposia are listed in Table 2.

Despite the difficulty of defining eminence, at least some of the attributes of eminent psychologists can be identified. Eminence may be demonstrated by having an outstanding publication record or an outstanding grant record; by having made outstanding contributions to education in psychology or to the application of psychology; or by having provided outstanding service to psychology.

In addition to being eminent, the psychologists about whom papers are presented must have some connection with the southeast. The person should have been in the southeast for a substantial part of her or his career, should have been born in the southeast, should have been educated in the southeast, or should have contributed to a southeastern organization, particularly the SEPA. Papers about both living and deceased people may be presented in the Symposium, no award or certificate is connected with inclusion in the Symposium.

The chairs and co-chairs who have organized the symposia and have been moderators of the symposia are listed in Table 3.

Table 1. Eminent Women In Southeastern Psychology Symposium

Year	Last name	First name	Presenters
1992	Cureton	Louise W.	Raymond R. Shrader
1992	Grey	Susan W.	W. Harold Moon
1992	Shuey	Audrey M.	Alvin H. Smith
1992	Wolfe	Lillian S.	Janet R. Matthews and Mark E. Ware
1992	Young	Florence M.	Joseph C. Hammock and Steven Beach *(See note below.)
1993	Doll	Paddy A.	Lee H. Matthews
1993	Thurstone	Thelma G.	Jane R. Ellis
1993	Zachert	Virginia	W. Harold Moon
1994	Dexter	Emily S.	Miriam K. Drucker
1994	Adkins	Dorothy C.	W. Harold Moon
1994	Vickery	Katherine	Julia S. Rogers
1995	Drucker	Miriam K.	W. Harold Moon
1995	Miller	Louise B.	Judie L. Arnold
1995	Rheingold	Harriet L.	Jane R. Ellis
1996	Bilodeau	Ina McD.	W. Harold Moon
1996	Shepherd	Irma Lee	Angie S. Kitchens
1996	Whitehurst	Katurah	Dorothy C. Granberry
1997	Ainsworth	Mary D. S.	Jane R. Ellis
1997	Horton	Carrell P.	Tresmaine R. Grimes
1997	Vallery	Georgia G.	W. Harold Moon
1998	Clance	Pauline	Andrea Weyermann
1998	Gibson	Eleanor J.	Patti Owen-Smith
1998	Kimmel	Ellen B.	Jane R. Ellis
1999	Galliano	Grace	Jane R. Ellis
1999	Nevill	Dorothy	Sabina Widner
1999	Bell	Yvonne	Vickie Williams
2000	Banham	Katherine	Jane R. Ellis
2000	Travis	Cheryl Brown	Elizabeth Parks
2000	Murphy	Lois Barclay	Rebecca L. Rogers

* Stephen H. Hobbs presented the paper in the absence of Hammack and Beach. The first name should be Florene rather than Florence.

Table 2. Eminent Southeastern Psychologists Symposium

Year	Last name	First name	Presenters
2001	Harrower	Molly	Leigh Rankin and James L. Pate
2001	Duffy	Elizabeth (Polly)	Debra Sue Pate
2002	Quayle	Margaret	Raymond Fowler
2002	Spears	William	Harold Moon
2003	Cureton	Edward	Raymond Shrader, Edward Loveland, and Joseph Hammock
2003	Dashiell	John F.	R. Thompson Putney
2003	Parrish	Celestia	Debra Sue Pate and James L. Pate
2003	Strickland	Bonnie	Sabina Widner
2004	Fowler	Raymond	Janet Matthews
2004	Wolfe	John B.	James L. Pate and Debra Sue Pate
2004	Peterson	Joseph	M. Carr Payne
2004	Early SEPA Women		Sabina Widner
2005	Sanborn	Herbert C.	Debra Sue Pate
2005	Saylor	Conway	Steve Nida and A. J. Finch, Jr.
2005	Clark	Mamie	Layli Phillips
2005	Siegel	Paul Shafer	James L. Pate and Raymond D. Fowler
2006	Brown	Earl C.	James L. Pate
2006	Williams	John E.	Steve Nida
2006	McCoy	Rose	Debra Sue Pate
2006	Clifford	Paul	Wiley Bolden
2007	Johnson	Buford	Debra Sue Pate
2007	Spielberger	Charles D.	John Ward
2007	Kellogg	Winthrop N.	James C. Smith
2007	Irion	Arthur L.	James L. Pate

Table 3. Organizers and Co-Organizers

Years	Organizer	Co-Organizer
1992-1997	Harold Moon
1998-2000	Jane R. Ellis
2001	Jane R. Ellis	James L. Pate
2002-2004	Sabina Widner	James L. Pate
2005	James L. Pate
2005-2006	James L. Pate	Debra Sue Pate
2007	Debra Sue Pate	James L. Pate

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