2004 Awardees

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This year’s Awards went to a senior scholar whose groundbreaking research and skill as an editor helped establish the Bowlby-Ainsworth tradition and exemplified the standards of scholarship, collegiality and service that John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth shared, taught, and valued.

We also recognize three scholars whose work illustrates the continuing value of the ethological/ observational methods that John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth considered the cornerstone of attachment study. Finally, a Special Award to recognize loyalty, service, and friendship over an entire career.

H. Rudolph Schaffer

Senior Award

H. Rudolph Schaffer*

For Contributions To Attachment Study Becoming An Empirical Science

German Enrique Posada

Contributor Awards

German Enrique Posada

For Observational Study Of Maternal Sensitivity And Infant Secure Base Behavior Across Cultures

Dorothy Southern

Special Award

Special Award: Dorothy Southern***

Secretary and Friend for Over 30 Years. For Being A Secure Base To John Bowlby

* Posthumous

** Deceased