Featured CWAIOP Members

CWAIOP's members have pursued a wide variety of careers, ranging from academia to more applied routes. As we build our CWAIOP community, we our interested in learning more about you. If you are interested in being interviewed for this column or would like to be added to our CWAIOP membership webpage (www.CWAIOP.colostate.edu), please e-mail us at melanielaw03@yahoo.com. We are fortunate to feature in our inaugural issue CWAIOP’s cofounders Drs. George Thornton and Jack Hautaluoma (page 2).

Dr. George C. Thornton, III

By Lisa A. Boyce

Dr. Thornton has been a Professor of with Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, Colorado, since 1966. He earned a B.S. in Psychology from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, a M.S. in Industrial Administration, M.S. and a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

At the undergraduate level, George has taught Industrial Psychology and Fundamentals of Psychological Testing. At the graduate level, he has taught Advanced Personnel Psychology, Psychometric Theory, Test Construction, and special topics seminars on Assessment Centers, Personnel Psychology and Employment Discrimination Litigation, and Management Development. His areas of expertise include: Personnel Selection, Assessment Centers, and Expert Witness Testimony by Personnel Psychologists in Employment Discrimination Litigation.

Dr. Thornton took time from his busy schedule as he was preparing for his sabbatical leave this academic year, which will be spent traveling throughout the U.S. and other countries doing cross cultural research on achievement motivation to work, to respond to the following questions.

As a co-founder of CWAIOP, do you have any thoughts about the organization that you would like to share with the members?

(See "Dr. Thornton" on page 4)

A Word From the CWAIOP President?

By Michael P. Cook

At least some of you are reading this column because you were startled by the headline. CWAIOP President? When I was asked to write a “Message from the President” it was because I had coordinated our last meeting and there was an assumption by some that I was “the president”. I am not. As some of you know, this is an organization without organization.

(See "Dr. Cook" on page 2)

History of CWAIOP

By Paul K. Woods and Melanie R. F. Law

The complete history of the Colorado-Wyoming Association of Industrial-Organizational Psychologists (CWAIOP), sometimes simply known as the Colo-Wyo I-O Group, is somewhat of a mystery. Perhaps more accurately, the history is more of a jig-saw puzzle in which various individuals possess different pieces of the complete history. As future editions of the CWAIOP Newsletter are published, other members are invited to share their pieces of history as well.

The organization began as an idea put forth by Dr. George Thornton, Dr. Jack Hautaluoma, and Dr. Jim Gavin.

(See "History" on page 5)

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