93-08-25:_Two_UVA_Psychologists_Receive_Top_National_Honors

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 26 -- The American Psychological
Society recently bestowed its highest honors to two University of
Virginia psychology professors, E. Mavis Hetherington and Sandra
Scarr, at its annual meeting in Chicago.
     Recognized for her "distinguished contributions to
psychological science," Hetherington was selected a William James
Fellow.  The American Psychological Society, which began the
fellows program in 1991 with 100 charter members, adds only two
new fellows annually. 
     An internationally recognized authority on divorce,
remarriage and family dynamics, Hetherington is author of a text
book, "Child Psychology:  A Contemporary Viewpoint," now in its
fourth edition.  She has served as president of the Society for
Research in Child Development and the Society for Adolescence,
and in 1987, she received the University's highest honor, the
Jefferson Award.
     Scarr was selected one of two inaugural James McKeen Cattell
Fellows in recognition of her "distinguished contributions to
applied psychological research."  The award recognizes Scarr's
research on day care and its effects on children and families.
     Author of the award-winning "Mother Care/Other Care," Scarr
has been an active participant in day care policy discussions at
the national level.  She also has served as president of the
Society for Research in Child Development and is currently a
board member of the American Psychological Society and the
International Society for the Study of Behavior Development.
     During the 1993-94 school year, Scarr will be the Keratin
Hasselgren Visiting Professor at the University of Stockholm and
the University of Goteborg in Sweden.  She was selected for the
position by the Swedish Research Council on the Humanities and
Social Sciences. 
     The American Psychological Society is an organization of
more than 14,000 academic and research psychologists.
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                                                  August 25, 1993