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form based on democratic principles and Adlerian psychology. (The four Rs were responsibility, respect, resourcefulness, and responsiveness.) A network of Corsini 4-R
schools exists in the United States, the Netherlands, Israel,
and beyond.
Corsinis signal accomplishments in the domains of
testing (royalties still arrive annually for tests he developed
in the 1950s), prison psychology, educational psychology,
industrial/organizational psychology, clinical psychology,
the psychology of clinical group dynamics, and lexicography are a remarkable testament to a person raised in extreme poverty who had to surmount many initial professional setbacks (see Ray Corsini: A Life That Spans an
Era, an interview conducted by Robert Perloff and Frank
Dumont published in 2002 in The General Psychologist,
37[3], 68 77).
For the last 44 years of his life, Ray lived in Honolulu,
Hawaii, where he was an adjunct professor at the University of Hawaii. He created the Family Education Center of
Hawaii in 1966 to promote Adlerian ideas about democracy
and social responsibility; the Center served the Honolulu
community for more than 34 years and is now administered
by the University of Hawaii. In 2004, Ray received a
lifetime achievement award from the Hawaii Psychological
Association, and not long after that he was elected a fellow
of the Society for General Psychology (Division 1 of the
American Psychological Association).
Ray worked almost daily writing or editing one book
or another; in this role, he interacted with many of the
worlds leading psychotherapists. He was pleased and
proud when Arnold Lazarus identified him as WBEthe
worlds best editor (Raymond J. Corsini, personal communication). Albert Ellis and Raymond Corsini maintained
an almost lifelong friendship and friendly rivalry; Ray was
instrumental in persuading Ellis to rename his system of
psychotherapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. One of
Rays last publications (2005), a book review in PsycCRITIQUES, paid homage to Ellis. Rays last book was going
to be an edited volume on comparative religion; however,
it will not be completed.
Raymond Corsini died in Honolulu on November 8,
2008. He is survived by his physician wife, Kleona Rigney,
and his social worker daughter, Evelyn Anne Corsini. Both
share Rays passionate commitment to Adlerian social interest.
Danny Wedding
University of MissouriColumbia