Wilbert McKeachie

My Mentor Bill continues to be a great loss for the world, but his legacy lives onward. I learned from Bill how to lift-up and offer more public recognition for those who worked in the shadows and were not given the credit that they deserve. Now as a SUNY Emeritus Professor of Psychology looking back at his career, I see where I often delighted in helping students and colleagues un-cover neglected or unfairly represented research studies and theories found in textbooks, professional...

Not a day goes by that I do not think of the influence of my mentor and friend, Bill McKeachie, from the University of Michigan where I earned my Ph.D. in educational psychology in 1987. Bill will be remembered for his knowledge, wisdom, openness, approachability, vision, collegiality, and personal support of my professional career. May his wealth of professional publications and well documented influence upon those across many generations serve to inspire young teachers, scholars and...

Time marches onward year after year since his passing, but the influence of Bill McKeachie on my personal and professional life still continues on a daily basis. Although his physical presence is missed, I think of him often and at the most unsuspecting times and places. May his productive life never be forgotten, but may his life be used to chart the path forward in his memory.

I have thought of Bill McKeachie many times each year, since his passing. It is his devotion to empirical research that I wish to reflect upon today. Bill told me that, if he ran a research study and the results were favorable (statistically significant), he would select a new and different sample to make certain that the results were similar to his results and the findings were not an artifact of the initial/particular sample that he had chosen. I remain extremely proud of my doctoral...

Bill is truly among the best human beings to ever walk this planet. I am grateful to have known him

My deepest sympathies go out to the family of Bill McKeachie. The world has lost a great psychologist, dedicated family man, devoted teacher, and caring human being who sought to make and made this world a better place to live. Bill was my doctoral mentor and personal friend while at the University of Michigan and later he never ceased to support me in my professional career through the decades that followed my graduation in 1987. As an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the State...

Dear Linda and family,

First of all, I am sorry to hear that your father has passed. He was a man of many talents.

My first introduction to him came in 1967 through a textbook entitled Psychology: McKeachie and Doyle. That was the textbook we used in my introductory psychology class at Eastern Michigan University. Psychology was not my favorite subject, but I still thought his book was organized and well written.

Little did I know that I would meet the same Dr. McKeachie...

As a University of Michigan School of Music alumnus, I became a higher education faculty developer back in the mid-90s, and I was delighted to learn about Bill's deep-rooted, leading-edge work to continuously improve the impactfulness of the teaching and learning culture in higher education.

Whenever I heard the words "faculty development," I always thought of Bill.

I also had the great pleasure of meeting Bill at several of the Professional Organizational Development (POD)...

Linda I am so sorry for the loss of your father and Mel and Duane for the loss of your brother. I will miss his sense of humor and quick wit. He was blessed with a life full of family, education and adventures. My thoughts and prayers are with all of your families. He will be missed.