JOHN B. CARROLL ’37

JOHN B. CARROLL, a former psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, died July 1, 2003 at age 87. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with high honors and with high distinction in classics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, after which he joined the Department of the Army as a research psychologist. He later became a professor at Harvard University and a research psychologist at the Educational Testing Service before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina, where he was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology and Director of the L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory. In 2002 he received the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the science of psychology from the American Psychological Foundation. Predeceased by his wife, Mary Searle Carroll, survivors include a daughter, two grandsons, and two sisters.