Honors, Awards, and Recognition s to J. Bruce Overmier
Kenyon College Mathematics Prize, 1956.
Kenyon College Achievement Award in Chemistry, 1957.
Research Fellowship in Perception and Choice Behavior, 1962.
NIH Predoctoral Fellowship, 1963-65.
Society of the Sigma Xi (Research Soc Amer), 1963, 1970.
First Prize for Research, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, 1965.
APA/USNC/NSF Travel Awards, 1966 (Russia), 1969 (England), 1972 (Japan), 1979 (Poland), 1992 (Brussels)
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1971.
Gesellschaft fur unendliche Versuche, elected 1970
National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1971-72 (at Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, Queen Mary College, University of London).
National Academy of Science Scientific Exchange Fellowship, 1972 (at Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland).
Elected Fellow, American Psychology Association: ("In recognition of unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology") Divisions 3 and 25 (1972), Division 6 (1981), Division 1 (1997), Division 52 (2000)
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Psychology, Kenyon College, Fall 1979.
Fulbright-Hays Fellow, Lecturing 1980 (at the International Laboratory of Brain Research, Kotor, Yugoslavia)
Fogarty Senior International Fellow for Advanced Study in Health Sciences, 1984 (at Institute of Physiological Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway).
Bush Foundation Sabbatical Fellowship Award, 1984-85.
James McKeen Cattell Fellowship Award for 1985 (to Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England)
President, Midwestern Psychological Association, 1987-88.
Norwegian Marshall Fund Fellow, 1987.
Norwegian Reserch Council (NAVF) Visiting Scholar, 1988
Scholar of the College Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1989-92.
Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation Award in Mental Retardation (institutional), 1989.
Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1989
President, Division of Physiological and Comparative Psychology (APA, Div. 6), 1990-91
Doctor of Science honoris causa, Kenyon College, 1990.
President, Division of Experimental Psychology (APA, Div. 3), 1992-93.
Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists, elected 1992
Certificate of Merit, from the students of the Center for Research in Learning, Perception, and Cognition, 1994
President, Pavlovian Society, 1996-97
Society of the Sigma Xi National Distinguished Lecturer (1999-2001)
Quad-L Annual Award, University of New Mexico (1999)
2000 Outstanding Scholars of 20 th Century
Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Service Award in Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology (2001)
President, Society for General Psychology (Div 1 APA), 2003
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Minnesota Psychological Association, 2003
W. Horsely Gantt Medal from Pavlovian Society, 2003
Outstanding Contributions to Psychology Award, Minnesota Psychological Association, 2004
Neal E. Miller Lecture Award, American Psychological Association Science Directorate, 2004.
President, International Union of Psychological Sciences, 2004-2008.
American Psychological Association inaugural Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, 2005
John P. Zubek Lecture Award, University of Manitoba, 2006
Aconcagua Award for Contributions to Psychological Science and International Leadership by the Universidad del Aconcagua y Associacion Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento given in Mendoza, Argentina, 2007
Fellow, National Academy of Psychology, India, in light of significant contributions..to psychology in India, 2007
