psychology) For 40 years he has aimed his critical eye at the current work in personality psychology, social psychology, and behavioral genetics, always balancing a talent for synthesis with a seasoned researcher's sense of complexity. Virginia Trimble (1986, astronomy) For informing and enlightening the astronomical community by her numerous, comprehensive, scholarly, and literate reviews, which have elucidated many complex astrophysical questions. Ira Herskowitz (1985, biochemistry) For his incisive reviews of phage biology, both literary and pictorial, that have focused and enlivened their subject for practitioners and spectators alike. Ernest R. Hilgard (1984, psychology) For his creative synthesis of the literature on conditioning and learning theory, which shaped the development of the field for several decades, and for his subsequent application of those same skills to the difficult areas of hypnosis, suggestibility, and consciousness. Michael E. Fisher (1983, critical phenomena) For his continuing sequence of reviews that put into proper perspective discoveries concerning critical phenomena and defined the fundamental problems he and others subsequently resolved. Victor A. McKusick (1982, genetics) For the preparation of rigorous and comprehensive reviews, which have stimulated and guided the entire field of human genetic research in both its basic and clinical aspects. John S. Chipman (1981, economics) For his outstanding contributions to economic thought, particularly his highly acclaimed surveys of economic theory on international trade, welfare economics, and the Paretian heritage. W. Conyers Herring (1980, applied physics) For a career of service to the scientific community and particularly its review literature. G. Alan Robinson (1979, pharmacology) For his insightful contributions to the recognition of the pervasive biological importance of cyclic adenosine monophosphate. See also List of general science and technology awards External links NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing National Academy of Sciences web site Awards established in 1979 Awards of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1979 establishments in the United States