In Memoriam: Slater Newman

Slater Edmund Newman, professor emeritus of psychology, passed away on May 13, 2015.

Newman joined NC State’s psychology faculty in 1957, and remained active within the college long after retiring in 2003. At NC State, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in cognitive psychology, conducted research on human learning and memory and mentored hundreds of students who remember him fondly for his encouragement, high expectations and fairness. He was well known for his love of singing, his sense of humor, and his commitment to human rights and peace. He could be found every month for 35 years at the Vigil for Disarmament on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh.

At NC State, Newman founded the Human Rights Week Committee and served as faculty advisor for the student chapters of Amnesty International and Psi Chi, the international honor society for Psychology. He was awarded the Holladay Medal of Excellence and established the Slater E. Newman Scholarship Endowment in 1997 to support first-year students in Psychology.

Full story here.