Rosa Anita Hagin (1921-2014)

This article memorializes Rosa Anita Hagin (1921-2014). Rosa's involvement with the American Psychological Association (APA) included associate member (1953), member (1958), fellow of Division 16 (School Psychology) and Division 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services), and Division 16 secretary (1967-1970), Council Representative (1968-1971), and president (1971-1972). Rosa was a licensed psychologist, a diplomate in school psychology from the America Board of Professional Psychology, and served as president of the American Academy of School Psychology (1996-1997). Rosa received Division 16's Distinguished Service Award (1979), the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Learning Disabilities Association of American (1992), and the Orton Award from the International Dyslexia Association (1993). She was chosen to present the 2000 Legends Address for the National Association of School Psychologists. A professor with Fordham University-Lincoln Center's school psychology program since 1979, Rosa established the School Consultation Center, which was named in her honor after she retired and became professor emeritus in 1990. She continued her independent practice, researching the neuropsychology of learning disabilities, disseminating the Search and Teach (a program for the prevention of learning disabilities and their emotional consequences), consulting at a residential school for emotionally disturbed children, and serving as an expert witness in litigation on behalf of adults with learning disabilities.