Dr. Joseph D Matarazzo

In 1991, after just returning from deployment as a Navy psychologist with the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Operation Desert Shield, I was waiting outside an auditorium at the APA convention in San Francisco where I was to be given an award from Dr. Charles Speilberger and recognition from the representatives, Dr (Captain) Matarazzo shook my hand and told me this was one of the proudest days in his entire career as a psychologist... and that brief meeting was one of the proudest days of...

Thank you Dr. Matarazzo. You changed my life enormously in 1966. My father, Frank, greatly enjoyed his friendship with you. RIP

I appreciated Joe´s wisdom and encouragement. To my family he was kind and thoughtful. As a role model he set a high bar.

Condolences to his family for the loss of Dr. Matarzzzo. Wechsler's Measurement and Appraisal of Adult Intelligence still sits on my bookshelf (since 1985). Though I never met him, his influence through this book introduced me to assessment and my ultimate love of assessment and subsequent career as as a neuropsychologist. I know that there are countless others who were similarly impacted.

Joseph D Matarazzo was a legend in his own time, especially among his pre-and post-doctoral students. We, his students, pre-and post-docs, took his mentorship role very seriously. Joe expected much from his students and demanded up to a 60 hour work week as he inspired the field and recognized health psychology as a new opportunity for psychologists to make innovative contributions. He thought "outside the box" and he taught his students to do the same. This type of thinking made the...

Joe and Ruth were two of my first "real clinicians" as supervisors when I interned at UOMS in the mid-70s. His input shaped my career in a wonderful direction and I always felt deeply in debt to both of them for their guidance in my formative years as a psychologist.

My condolences to the Matarazzo family. Although I did not know the esteemed Dr. Joseph Matarazzo, I have the pleasure of knowing his son, Harris Matarazzo, who has served for several years as the Board President of the Portland Chinatown Museum. To know the son is to know the father and provides an understanding of the source behind Harris' dedication to public service and community. Thank you.

When I moved to Brown University in the mid-1970s as professor of psychiatry and psychology with the charge to initiate a clinical psychology internship program, Joe was my guide and mentor. With his deep knowledge of Brown university from his position on the board. and his leadership position at APA, he very generously shared his time and advice, and the programs were much better for it. He made an enormous contribution to our field.

I had the honor of meeting him at a few conferences. His warmth, encouragement, and brilliant mind have stayed with me. His memory is a blessing to all who were influenced by him.