The Fellow Award is the highest level of membership in SDPA. A Fellow is a psychologist who can serve as a model to others. To meet the criteria of Fellow, a psychologist must excel in one of the following areas or a combination of those areas: exceptional service to a community (this could include service on Boards, developing community programs, helping shape policy, or being influential in some recognizable way); making a significant contribution to the profession of psychology (this could include outstanding performance in teaching, research, or writing); making a contribution to the local, state or national psychological associations (this could include filling leadership positions, creating programs, or being influential in some recognizable way). 

SDPA Fellow Awards Past Winners

Fellows in SDPA are listed below alphabetically:


  • Linda Altes, Ph.D.
  • Gale Bach, Ph.D.
  • Haim Belzer, Ph.D.
  • Harold Bessell, Ph.D. *
  • Steven Bucky, Ph.D.
  • Joanne Callan, Ph.D. *
  • Ann Carson, Ph.D.
  • Linda Charles, Ph.D.
  • James Chipps, Ph.D. *
  • Clark Clipson, Ph.D.
  • Annette Conway, Psy.D.
  • Cynthia Cotter, Ph.D.
  • Kenneth Dellefield, Ph.D.
  • William Dess, Ph.D.
  • David DiCicco, Ph.D.
  • Victoria DiCicco, Ph.D.
  • Katherine DiFrancesca, Ph.D.
  • Stephen Doyne, Ph.D.
  • John Lee Evans, Ph.D.
  • Celia Falicov, Ph.D. 
  • Janet Farrell, Ph.D.
  • Victor Frazao, Ph.D.
  • Glen Garman, Ph.D. *
  • Russell Gold, Ph.D.
  • John Grabel, Ph.D.
  • Bonita Hammell, Ph.D.*
  • Daniel Harris, Ph.D.*
  • Patricia Heras, Ph.D.
  • Sallie Hildebrandt, Ph.D.*
  • Martha Hillyard, Ph.D.
  • A. Thomas Horvath, Ph.D.




  • Brenda Johnson, Ph.D.
  • Jeff Jones, Ph.D.
  • John Kachorek, Ph.D.
  • Beverly Kilman, Ph.D.
  • Victor Kops, Ph.D.*
  • Joel Lazar, Ph.D.
  • Richard Levak, Ph.D.
  • Peter LiBero, Ph.D.
  • Alan Lincoln, Ph.D.
  • Glenn Lipson, Ph.D., ABPP
  • Denruth Lougeay, Ph.D.
  • Wallace Lockwood, Ph.D.*
  • Thomas MacSpeiden, Ph.D.*
  • John McCarron, Ph.D.*
  • Thomas McGee, Ph.D.*
  • Reid Meloy, Ph.D.
  • Antonia Meltzoff, Ph.D.*
  • Jon Nachison, Ph.D.
  • Christine Osterloh, Ph.D.
  • Hugh Pates, Ph.D.
  • Margaret Peshel, Ph.D.*
  • Paul Pinegar, Ph.D.*
  • Erv Polster, Ph.D.*
  • Katherine Quinn, Ph.D.
  • Ain Roost, Ph.D.
  • Patricia Rose, Ph.D.
  • Bruce Sachs, Ph.D.
  • Joseph Severino, Ph.D.
  • Richard Schere, Ph.D.
  • Ruth Samad, Ph.D.
  • Mary Harb Sheets, Ph.D.
  • Mariela Shibley, Psy.D.
  • Steven Sparta, Ph.D.
  • Gerald Sperrazzo, Ph.D.
  • Steven Tess, Ph.D.
  • Sharon Weld, Ph.D.
  • David Wexler, Ph.D.
  • Richard Worthington, Ph.D.*
  • Maurice Zemlick, Ph.D.


*Deceased