The Bruno Klopfer Award is an award for lifetime achievement in personality psychology managed by the Society for Personality Assessment."The Bruno Klopfer, Walter G. Klopfer, and Martin Mayman Awards", Journal of Personality Assessment, 95:6, 553–555, It is the Society's most prestigious award and is named after the Society's founder Bruno Klopfer.Virginia Brabender. "Society for Personality Assessment". Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.
It was first awarded in 1965 as the "Great Man Award", but was renamed in 1970 after it was bestowed on a woman.Edwin Inglee Megargee, Charles Donald Spielberger (1992). "Personality Assessment in America". Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pg. 5.
Recipients Source: The Society for Personality Assessment
Year Recipient 2023 Gregory J. Meyer 2022 Yossef S. Ben-Porath 2021 Aaron Lee Pincus 2020 R. Michael Bagby 2019 Judith Armstrong 2018 Thomas Widiger 2017 Leslie Morey 2016 Robert D. Hare 2015 John Graham 2014 Phebe Cramer2013 Robert R. McCrae2012 David L. Shapiro2011 Stephen E. Finn2010 Roger L. Greene2009 Lewis R. Goldberg2008 Leonard Handler2007 Lorna Smith Benjamin2006 Constance T. Fischer2005 George Stricker2004 James N. Butcher2003 Alex Caldwell2002 Jerry S. Wiggins2001 Theodore Millon2000 Auke Tellegen1999 Jack Block1998 David C. McClelland1997 Joseph M. Masling1996 Paul M. Lerner1995 S. Philip Erdberg1994 W. Grant Dahlstrom1993 Jane Loevinger1992 Lee J. Cronbach1991 Leopold Bellak1990 Charles Donald Spielberger1989 Sidney J. Blatt1988 Wayne H. Holtzman1987 Harrison G. Gough1986 Walter G. Klopfer1985 Stephen A. Appelbaum1984 Richard H. Dana1983 Irving B. Weiner1982 Gordon F. Derner1981 Martin Mayman1980 John E. Exner, Jr.1979 Paul E. Meehl1978 Roy Schafer1977 Albert I. Rabin1976 Edwin S. Shneidman1975 Silvan S. Tomkins1974 Louise Bates Ames1973 William E. Henry1972 Molly Harrower1971 Zygmunt A. Piotrowski1970 Marguerite R. Hertz1969 Robert R. Holt1967 Henry A. Murray1966 Bruno Klopfer1965 Samuel Jacob Beck
See also List of psychology awards List of prizes named after people
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