Lyle Lanier Lecture Co-sponsors

The Department of Psychology would like to thank L. Gene and Catherine Lemon, and Lyle Lanier, Jr. for establishing the Lyle H. Lanier Fund in memory of Catherine and Lyle’s father, head of the Department of Psychology (1951-1959); dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1959-1960); and provost of the Urbana campus (1960-1972). In honor of his many contributions, the Department organized the Lanier Lecture Series to illustrate how the scientific approach to the analysis of the mind and of behavior can yield results of significance to a variety of human concerns. The Lanier Lecture brings a distinguished psychologist to campus whose work is of interest to the general campus and local community.