Top Profs: Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo has been elected president of the American Psychological Association for 2002. The author of more than 200 professional articles, chapters and books on subjects ranging from sexual behavior in rats to persuasion, hypnosis, cults, shyness and madness, Zimbardo is probably best known for his work on a controversial 1971 experiment in which students assumed the roles of prison guards and prisoners with unanticipated consequences. Mary Pratt, PhD '75, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, has been elected second vice president of the Modern Language Association, a position that leads her to the presidency in two years.
Literary Lions: Renato Rosaldo, professor of cultural and social anthropology, won first place this year in the poetry division of El Andar magazine's Prize for Literary Excellence. Clayborne Carson, professor of history and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, received a Founder's Award for Exemplary Service to History from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Go Cardinal: Linda Randall Meier, '61, has been awarded the degree of Uncommon Woman by the Stanford Associates for extraordinary service to the University. Meier is a former University trustee, past director of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, chair of the Stanford Hospital board and founder of the Cardinal Club, which raises money for women's athletic scholarships. Meier is the 21st recipient of the Uncommon Man/Woman award, established in 1953.
