Dr. Frank Farley

[Jennifer Bazar]

My apologies for cross-posting. 

Some of you may have already seen this announcement via the Division 26 Announce-only list. We received a message via Krishna Kumar of Division 46 that Dr. Frank Farley has passed away (her original message is below). 

Frank was a dedicated member of Division 26. He was a Past APA President (1993) as well as being Past President of 26 (2022). More recently, he served as Co-Program Chair in 2024 and 2022. 

Best, 

Jennifer Bazar

Dear Members of Div 46,

I am sad to inform you that I learned today from his sister, Kay Lewis, that Dr. Frank Farley passed away on March 20, 2026. As we all know, Frank was a distinguished world-renowned psychologist and scholar who taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Temple University, Philadelphia. He loved the American Psychological Association, serving as the 1993 President. He was one of the most active, longstanding members of the APA, where he served in many capacities over many years, including serving as President of several APA Societies. We all have many fond memories of his friendship. 

Krishna Kumar

From Dr. Grant J. RIch via Division 26 Announce-only list: 

Here's a brief bio of him I pulled from a media psychology book we edited together in 2024 with Krishna Kumar.

I miss him terribly. He was a truly extraordinary psychologist, and more importantly, human being. His life touched so many around the globe, at home, and he was a committed vegetarian and lover of animals.

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'Frank H. Farley, PhD, a Past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) has been president of numerous APA Divisions, including the Society for Media Psychology and Technology as well as Divisions 1,3,10,15,26, 32,48, and 52. He has also served as former president of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA), among other leadership positions.  He has published over 250 scholarly articles, and 7 books, and has been elected Fellow of numerous professional organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, APA, AERA, Association for Psychological Science, Psychonomics Society, International Association of Applied Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Eastern Psychological Association, and Midwestern Psychological Association. He has engaged in over 1000 media interviews, contributions and coverage,  including TV (e.g., CNN, NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, CBC Canada, 'Newsy' TV, Russian TV), Radio (e.g., USA--Voice of America; CANADA—CBC; Corus Radio Network's all-Canada Roy Green Show; UK-- BBC World Service; France24; Russia; Australia); Newspapers (e.g., USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, London Times, Denver Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Toronto Sun, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Sun, Edmonton Sun, Victoria Citizen, Daily Memphian, Associated Press news service, San Francisco Chronicle); Magazines (e.g., Time Magazine, People Magazine, Psychology Today, Newsweek Magazine, US News and World Report, Runners World, VIA Magazine--AAA's magazine, Powder Magazine, Shape Magazine, Outside Magazine, Physics World,  Men's Health, Popular Science, O--Oprah's Magazine). Among his notable professional contributions to media psychology was his creating and chairing in 1994 "The Assembly of the 21st Century" held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC with a veritable who's who of almost 35-40 public psychologists (e.g., Phil Zimbardo, Albert Ellis, Elizabeth Loftus, etc.) participating, to debate the status and future of this great field. Dr. Farley also created and ran for some years a monthly seminar on psychology and public policy for the US Senate and House of Representatives on the fourth Friday of every month on Capitol Hill in DC.'