Professor Emeritus Harry C. Triandis
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois
Home: 1 Lake Park Rd. Champaign, IL 61822
Office: 603 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL 61820 USA
Telephones H: 217 356 4350; O: 217 333-1894 or 244 4156;
FAX:
217 244 5876; e-mail: triandis@uiuc.edu
Professor Dr.
Jose Maria Prieto
Secretary General
of the International
Association of
Applied Psychology
Madrid, Spain
Dear Jose Maria:
I am writing to
nominate Susan E. Pick for President of the
International Association of Applied Psychology.
Susan Pick is
extraordinarily competent. She has administrative experience, and has organized
international congresses. She is a health psychologist of international
reputation. Her work has been influential not only in Mexico, but also in the
USA and Greece.
The image of the
IAAP is important. An examination of our Presidents gives the impression that
we elect only those who are European or North American (North of the Rio
Grande) males and linked to I/O psychology. The exceptions to this impression
have been few: Claude Levi-Leboyer and Charles Spielberger. We have yet to
elect a President from outside Europe and North America.
I think we must
project a broader image. Electing Susan Pick will accomplish three things at
once. It will elect a very competent women who is not from Europe or North
America North of the Rio Grande, and is not an I/O psychologist. I think the
Executive Committee should give her very serious consideration.
I attach her
letter to me asking me to nominate her, because it has considerable additional
information. It also has her vita. If you have difficulties opening any of the
files, please let me know, so I will send the files in a different way.
Sincerely,
Harry C. Triandis
Past President of IAAP