▁the ▁award , ▁withdraw ing ▁his ▁name ▁from ▁consideration , ▁and ▁the ▁committee ▁was ▁dis band ed . ▁C att ell ▁died ▁months ▁later ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁C att ell ▁said ▁that : ▁" The ▁only ▁reasonable ▁thing ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁non comm itt al ▁on ▁the ▁race ▁question ▁– ▁that ' s ▁not ▁the ▁central ▁issue , ▁and ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁great ▁mistake ▁to ▁be ▁sid et rack ed ▁into ▁all ▁the ▁emot ional ▁ups ets ▁that ▁go ▁on ▁in ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁ra cial ▁differences . ▁We ▁should ▁be ▁quite ▁careful ▁to ▁dis soci ate ▁e ugen ics ▁from ▁it ▁– ▁e ugen ics ' ▁real ▁concern ▁should ▁be ▁with ▁individual ▁differences ." ▁Richard ▁L . ▁G ors uch ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁wrote ▁( in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Psych ological ▁Foundation , ▁para . ▁ 4 ) ▁that : ▁" The ▁charge ▁of ▁rac ism ▁is ▁ 1 8 0 ▁degrees ▁off ▁track . ▁[ C att ell ] ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁one ▁to ▁challenge ▁the ▁ra cial ▁bias ▁in ▁tests ▁and ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁reduce ▁that ▁problem ." ▁ ▁Selected ▁publications ▁Raymond ▁C att ell ' s ▁papers ▁and ▁books ▁are ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁most ▁highly ▁referenced ▁in ▁peer - review ed ▁psych ology ▁journ als ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁century . ▁His ▁ 2 5 ▁most ▁c ited ▁publications ▁are : ▁ ▁C att ell , ▁R . ▁B .