List of recipients of the American Psychological Foundation's Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement

The American Psychological Foundation makes awards for lifetime achievement to psychologists in four categories

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology
This award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing psychological science.

==Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology== This award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the application of psychology through methods, research, and/or application of psychological techniques to important practical problems.


 * 2013 Frank Schmidt
 * 2012 Marsha Linehan - University of Washington
 * 2011 Walter C. Borman - University of South Florida / Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc.
 * 2010 Richard Price - University of Michigan
 * 2009 Stuart Oskamp - Claremont Graduate University
 * 2008 Theodore Millon - Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology
 * 2007 McCay Vernon - McDaniel College
 * 2006 Eric Schopler - University of North Carolina
 * 2005 Jerome M. Sattler - San Diego State University
 * 2004 Edwin A. Fleishman - George Mason University
 * 2003 Charles D. Spielberger - PhD, University of South Florida
 * 2002 Peter M. Lewinsohn - Oregon Health Sciences University
 * 2001 Joseph D. Matarazzo - University of Oregon Medical School
 * 2000 Harry Levinson - Harvard Medical School

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychology in the Public Interest
This award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to the application of psychology in the public interest.

Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology
This award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the professional practice of psychology through a demonstrable effect on patterns of service delivery in the profession.