Walter Mischel (1930-2018)

This article memorializes Walter Mischel (1930 -2018). Mischel was a professor at the University of Colorado (1956 -1958), Harvard University (1958 -1962), Stanford University (1962-1983), and Columbia University (1983-2018). During this time, Mischel was recognized as a transformative figure in the field: he received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association in 1982, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991, and was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2004. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Mischel as the 25th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Running throughout these achievements was Mischel's signature knack for uncovering psychological phenomena with studies that were as deep as they were elegant in their simplicity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).