Clarence Blair

I´m just thankful I knew you as a teenager. My brother Chris was a dear friend. I´m so proud you studied at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Bless your children and friends. I remember some early songs . God speed

Goodbye, Clancy. I am so grateful to you for all that you gave to us as a community of scholars and human beings! I'm thankful for the many ways you did it -- with brilliance and humor. To Cybele and all of Clancy's family, and to his closest friends, please accept my most sincere condolences.

So sorry for your loss and I am thinking of all of you! Love, Willie R Lykes Holt

I am very sorry to hear this news. Your research will continue to inspire people for generations. Your research and thinking has had an enormous impact on the field, and on my own research. I found your talks inspiring and your work set me on a path to want to know why we see inequalities in executive functions. You work and ideas will live on.

I will always remember Clancy for giving so much good into the world in the time he was allotted. He showed people that one can be an excellent developmental scientist and teacher while also being kind, generous and joyful. My heart goes out to Cybele, his children, and those who loved Clancy but lost him too soon.

Clancy was an amazing person, friend, and researcher. Like many of us who knew him during graduate school, we fondly watched his stellar, prolific career with great awe. I am forever grateful to have known him, to have been his colleague and classmate. Rest in peace Clanc-Man!

Clancy was a mentor and a guiding light when I was a junior scholar. His contribution to developmental psychology cannot be overstated. What a monumental loss.

Dear Cybele and family
I'm heartbroken for your loss. Clancy's humanity and intellectual brilliance will always be felt.

Offering my condolences for the Blair family. Sorry for your loss. May the peace of God comfort you during this difficult time

I am so sorry. Clancy was a brilliant and interesting schoolmate at Indian Springs; I followed his academic career with interest and admiration. My condolences to his family, and thank you for sponsoring his endowment at UAB.

I knew Clancy from high school at Indian Springs School. I remember him very fondly, and felt very sad hearing the news of his illness and now his death. May those who loved him find peace.

Clancy was such a kind and brilliant scholar and scientist. He completely transformed our understanding of child development in the context of poverty and his legacy will undoubtedly live on. May he rest in peace.

One of the smartest I ever knew. He knew early that the world was more than cutting grass

This is very sad news for everyone associated with the Department of Psychology at UAB. Clancy was one of the first graduates of our Developmental Psychology Doctoral Program. I was department chair during his time as a student and I watched his outstanding career grow. I was still chair when he returned to receive our Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2008. From his modest stature as a graduate student to his prominence as a superstar, his demeanor, warmth, and kindness never changed. His death saddens me.