and critiques and counter critiques were written in response, mass media opposed his conclusion. Eron's conclusion were later supported by a second longitudinal study he and Rowell Huesmann conducted between 1977 and 1995, known as the Cross-National Television Study. In 1962, Eron moved to the university of Iowa as a professor of psychology, and then in 1969 he moved to the university of Illinois at Chicago as professor, director of clinical services, and chair for several years. He retired from Illinois in 1990, then spent the next 15 years at the university of Michigan dividing his time between the institute for social Research and the Department of Psychology. During this time Eron began to output many scholarly articles and books. In fact he was the author of nine books and about 150 articles. He served as editor of the journal of abnormal Psychology from 1973 to 1980, he served as an associate editor of the American Psychologist from 1986 to 1990, as the president of the Midwestern Psychological Association from 1985 to 1986, and was part of the international society for research on aggression from 1988 to 1990. He died at his home in Lindenhurst, Illinois of congestive heart failure on May 3, 2007, at the age of 87. Leonard Eron was the husband of Madeline Eron; father of Barb Eron, Don Eron, and Joni Eron Hobson; and grandfather of Samantha Eron and Jesse Eron. Career He earned his bachelor's degree in 1941 from city College of New York In 1946, Eron completed his master's degree in psychology He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1949 under the mentorship of Ann Magaret. In 1950 he published "A Normative study of the TAT" in the publication Psychological Monographs. Later, in 1965, along with his colleagues at yale Eron published the seminal book on projective testing, "An experimental approach to Projective Techniques." He taught at University of Iowa from 1962 to 1969, and later at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1990, he took a position at University of Michigan. Co-authored with Monroe M. Lefkowitz and Leopold O. Walder, the Columbia County Longitudinal Study followed participants from 1960 to 2000. The researchers interviewed the parents and peers and analyzed television viewing. They found a correlation between exposure to violence via parents or television and violent behavior. Eron was co-editor of the 1986 report, "Television