Foreword by Carol Schutz Introduction The Dictionary Name Index Subject Index
Analytical profiles of almost 300 researchers who have been important in the development of the field of gerontology over the last 50 years.
W. ANDREW ACHENBAUM is Professor of History at the University of Michigan and deputy director of its Institute of Gerontology. He is the author or coauthor of several books including Crossing Frontiers: Gerontology Emerges as a Science (forthcoming) and Gerontological Keywords (forthcoming). DANIEL M. ALBERT is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Michigan.
?The book is extremely useful as a biographical source, and the
name and subject indexes allow for more general reference on the
subject. ... the work under review is strongly recommened for all
medical libraries and for larger university and public library
collections.?-ARBA
?This important and welcome biographical dictionary identifies and
describes some 300 influential gerontologists, past and present.
Biographies include all GSA presidents, editors, outstanding
researchers, and those exemplifying the highest standards of
professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service,
and the interpretation of gerontology. Upper-division through
faculty.?-Choice
"The book is extremely useful as a biographical source, and the
name and subject indexes allow for more general reference on the
subject. ... the work under review is strongly recommened for all
medical libraries and for larger university and public library
collections."-ARBA
"This important and welcome biographical dictionary identifies and
describes some 300 influential gerontologists, past and present.
Biographies include all GSA presidents, editors, outstanding
researchers, and those exemplifying the highest standards of
professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service,
and the interpretation of gerontology. Upper-division through
faculty."-Choice
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