title: Computers, criminals, an eccentric billionaire, and APA: a brief autobiography.
abstract: In this invited autobiographical account, I sum up what life has been like for me personally and professionally. For most of the first 50 years of my life, I lived in Alabama. During my years at the University of Alabama, my professional activities included developing a computer-based system to interpret the MMPI (Hathaway & McKinley, 1943), managing a national and international continuing education program for psychologists, involvement in a class action suit that resulted in the deinstitutionalization of Alabama's mental hospitals, organizing a team of professionals to reclassify all of the inmates of Alabama's prison system, and conducting a psychological autopsy on Howard Hughes. I was the American Psychological Association (APA) president in 1988 and served from 1989 to 2003 as APA Chief Executive Officer. Since my time at APA, I have been engaged in work with international psychological organizations.
authors.affiliation: La Jolla, CA, USA. rfowler@apa.org
authors.forename: Raymond D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers / Q000266:history*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000266:history*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States