Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on February 23, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2005 30(7):533-535; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsi040
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology vol. 30 no. 7 © Society of Pediatric Psychology 2005; all rights reserved.
Lizette Peterson: A Collaboration of Passion and Science
1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln and 2 Antioch New England Graduate School
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Since her untimely death in July of 2002, there have been two tributes to Lizette Peterson published in psychology journals. Sher and Homer (2003)
provided an overview of Lizettes history and achievements, and Roberts (2002)
, in the pages of this journal, reflected on her legacy to the field of Pediatric Psychology. Both are poignant remembrances by authors who held enduring and special places in Lizettes affections. We will not seek to replicate the scope or intimacy of those portrayals, but instead to offer a brief chronology of her distinguished career and to establish a context for the articles presented in this Special Issue.
| A Remarkable Career |
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Lizette Peterson charted an extraordinarily fertile academic career. She demonstrated what would prove to be a lifelong commitment to a developmental perspective by enrolling in the combined Developmental and Clinical Psychology PhD program at the University of Utah in 1973. Her interest in the pediatric domain
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