Robert E. Lana was chairman of the Department of Psychology from 1970 to 1979 and Dean of Graduate Studies from 1981-1986. He was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to the Science of Psychology Award in 1998 by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and was a Fulbright Scholar. His most recent works are "Choice and Chance in the Formation of Society" published in two numbers of the Journal of Mind and Behavior. Professor Lana passed away in November 2006.