Newsletter
Volume 28 | 2005 | Number 2
Henry S. Pennypacker
Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, has been a major figure in behavior analysis through his contributions in research, teaching, and service. He has made significant contributions to instructional design through his work in precision teaching and his book (with Jim Johnston), “Strategies and Tactics in Behavioral Research”, now in its second edition, has become a classic and essential reference on methodology in behavior analysis. Many of his students have become major figures themselves, especially in applied behavior analysis. He helped to establish Florida as a model for behavior-based treatment in the area of developmental disabilities. He is perhaps best known both within and outside the field as the developer of methods and devices for effective training of self-examination for breast cancer and founded a company (Mammatech) to further this potentially life-saving effort. This work has been widely recognized in the behavioral medicine and cancer prevention communities. He served as ABA President in 1986-87 and has been a very active Trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.