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Andrew S. Watson
Andrew S. Watson, professor emeritus of law and of psychiatry, born in Highland Park, Mich., and held a B.S. in zoology from the U-M (1942) and an M.D. from Temple University (1952). During World War II he served in the medical service corps in Europe. He did postgraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital and his psychiatric residency at Temple University.
In 1959, he completed training as a psychoanalyst at the Philadelphia Psychoanalyst. During his time there he was a special lecturer at the School of Social Work, Bryn Mawr College, and a member of the medical and law school faculties at the University of Pennsylvania.
Watson was a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists.
He was a board member of the Michigan Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Commission, and was a charter member of the Board of Fellows of the National Center for Juvenile Justice in 197393.
He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Joyce; four sons, Andrew and David Watson and John and Steven Spiesberger; a sister, Ruth Andrews; and a brother, Glenn.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Law School or Individualized Hospice of Ann Arbor.
Warren T. Norman
Warren T. Norman, professor emeritus of psychology, Born Oct. 24, 1930 in St. Paul, Minn., Norman received a B.S. in mathematics, an M.A in statistics and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, where he taught and conducted research in 1952-1957.
He is survived by his wife, Jan; his mother, Vera of St. Paul; three sons, David of Chelsea, James of South Bend, and Ken of Arcata, Calif.; and by three grandchildren: Rachel, Anna and Julian.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Department of Psychology.
Robert Taylor Blackburn
Robert Taylor Blackburn, 74, died March 6, 1998 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 44.
Martin joined the U-M in 1979, working in the business office at University Health Service and moved to the Department of Surgery in 1985.
A resident of Pinckney, she was died Feb. 28, 1998 at his home. married Christine Braley, who died in 1983.
In the early 1940s, Katz joined a group of social scientists in Washington who were responding to the needs of government agencies for continuing data on the impact of federal policies during World War II. At the end of the war, members of this group, led by Rensis Likert, formed the core of the Institute for Social Research at the U-M. Katz, who had moved to Brooklyn College as chair of the Department of Psychology, came to Ann Arbor with his family in 1947.
At Michigan, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Social Research, Katz directed a program of ground-breaking organizational studies and, with Theodore Newcomb, was a major architect of the Michigan doctoral program in social psychology. Since 1970, the University has honored them together with an annual event, the Katz-Newcomb Lecture.
Katz's scientific and professional contributions have been recognized with many other honors, among them the Gold Medal of the American Psychological Association, the Lewin Award of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Award of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Katz is survived by his daughters, Joanna, an artist who lives in Berkeley, and Jean Carwadine, a teacher of English-as-a-second-language; and his sister, Svea Sommer, her husband, John, and their daughter, Catherine. He leaves also his many friends, former students and research colleagues, all of whom shared the pleasure of his company, the stimulation of his intellect and the inspiration of his example.
