Remembering Aron Siegman, Professor Emeritus and Former Chair of the Department of Psychology

FROM: Christopher Murphy, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology Aron Siegman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, passed away in late January. After earning his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1957, Aron served on the faculty at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan Israel and then as a Research Associate and Research Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.  Aron joined the faculty of UMBC in 1969, before Psychology was an official department.  From 1970 to 1978 he served as discipline coordinator and then Department Chair. Aron was instrumental in launching graduate programs in the Department, and in recruiting …