Donald K. Routh (1937-2021) – PubMed

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Commemorates Donald K. Routh (1927-2021). He received a BA in English from the University of Oklahoma (1962), followed by an MS (1965) and PhD (1967) in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his clinical internship at the Oklahoma Health Science Center (1967). Routh was board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (1975). In pursuit of an academic career, he rose through the ranks at the University of Iowa (1967-1970, 1977-1985), Bowling Green University (1970-1971), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1971-1977), and the University of Miami (1985-2002) where he served as Director of the clinical psychology program. He is a Fellow of the APA and the Association for Psychological Science. Throughout his career, Don has emphasized the historical foundations of psychology as a scientific discipline and profession. He also affirmed the importance of advocacy for children, families, and those with developmental disabilities and chronic conditions. Two of his books are particularly important contributions: his edited Handbook of Pediatric Psychology (1988) covers a field in which he was a pioneer, and Clinical Psychology since 1917 (1994) has demonstrated his settled as a historian. He was elected President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (now Division 54), the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (now Division 53), Division 37, Division 12, and Division 33. He heads the Behavioral Medicine Study Section of the National Institutes. of Health (1983-1985) and conducted numerous visits to the American Psychological Association’s accreditation site. In 1998 he founded the International Society of Clinical Psychology. He is a Fellow of the APA and the Association for Psychological Science. In recognition of his career contributions, he received Presidential Awards from Division 54 (1981), Academy on Mental Retardation (2001), and American Association on Mental Retardation (2002) as well as the APA Presidential Citation (2002), the Nicholas Hobbs Award from Division 37 (1996), and the Edgar A. Doll Award from Division 33 (2001). After retirement, as further evidence of his scholarly curiosity, Don earned BA (2008) and MA (2011) degrees in History from Florida Gulf Coast University. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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