Michael Joseph Chandler (1938-2019)

Presents an obituary for Michael Joseph Chandler (1938-2019). Michael was trained as a developmental psychologist (though he preferred "genetic epistemologist") at Grinnell College (1960), the University of California, Berkeley (1966), the University of Geneva (1967), and The Menninger Foundation (1967-1968). He was subsequently hired at the University of Rochester (1968-1977) and was eventually appointed Professor, and later Professor Emeritus, at The University of British Columbia. Although always concerned with matters of social-cognitive development, his most recent program of research explored the role that culture plays in setting the course of identity development. Michael's program of research dealing with identity and epistemic development led to his twice being named a Distinguished Fellow of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies- work singled out for publication as a book and an invited Society for Research in Child Development Monograph titled Personal Persistence, Identity Development, and Suicide: A Study of Native and Non-Native North American Adolescents. His program of research was widely cited (often exceeding a thousand citations), and was featured in the World Health Organization's Global Report on the Social Determinants of Health. As a teacher and scholar, Michael was much loved by his students and colleagues and will be remembered fondly for his many contributions to the field and, more importantly, for relentlessly championing the success of others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).