A memoir of Jacob Viner, author and Princeton economics professor, by one of his students. (SJL)

Wife of the 1981 Caldecott Medal winner comments on life with her author-illustrator husband. (AEA)

Presented is the life and philosophy of Alice Parker, a teacher of musical composition, who is in great demand as a speaker on college campuses and who composes on commission for a wide variety of organizations. (KC)

A personal appreciation of I. A. Richards as a teacher of poetry at Harvard in the 1950s, written by one of his students. (SJL)

An appreciation of the work and teaching of anthropologist Ruth Benedict. The author was one of her students at Columbia University in the 1940s. (SJL)

Reviews the life and the aesthetic theories of Joseph Torrey of the University of Vermont. (SJL)

Presents interview with Rollo May, a prominent existential psychologist and therapist, who discusses his personal and professional development, his perspective on the state of the counseling profession, and his concerns about current societal issues. (Author/ABL)

Provides background on the "Dictionary of National Biography" (DNB), whose first volume appeared in Great Britain in January 1885. Included are short biographies of George Smith (1824-1901), Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), and Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926), the three men responsible for the conception and completion of the DNB. (23…

Provides a brief biography of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, nineteenth century New England progressive educator. Describes her teaching methods, which emphasized developing analytic thinking, maintaining childrens' self-respect, and crediting childrens' innate abilities. (DHP)

Presents biographical sketch of Elizabeth Adele Greenleaf, professor and coordinator of College Student Personnel Administration at Indiana University, who made significant contributions to the development of student affairs profession through her leadership as an educator, administrator, and mentor. (Author/ABL)

Profiles the life and writing of Sam Brightman, founding editor of "Adult and Continuing Education Today" and the first journalist to devote full-time to covering adult education. (SK)

When the centrist government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac chose 69-year-old Robert Hersant to buy the newspaper "France-Soir" (famous for its ties to the resistance to the Nazis) in 1976, journalists at many newspapers on the left fought the political move by reminding both the public and the government of Hersant's collaboration…

The accomplishments of the American psychologist Wayne Dennis (1905-1976), author of "Children of the Creche" and approximately 130 additional published works, are described. Professor Dennis' research interests and accomplishments are emphasized. (RH)

Introduces a special journal issue in which contributors reflect on how their work was influenced by psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg who died in 1987. Provides a short biography of Kohlberg, his education, and his interest in morality and moral judgment. (NB)

In 1928, Mary Washburn Conklin was one of 19 young women representing the United States in the year women's track and field became an Olympic sport. Her career in competition is reviewed. (MT)