RUDOLF KALIN ’60

RUDOLF KALIN, 73, professor and head of the department of psychology at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, died Aug. 16, 2011. He received his degree with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. After receiving his master’s and PhD degrees at Harvard University in the field of social psychology, he joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis, but then was recruited by his former Wesleyan professor W.R. Thompson to join him at Queens’s College, where they expanded the course offerings in social psychology. His interests focused on tolerance, discrimination, and prejudice. He later served as head of the department for many years. Survivors include his wife, Jane McKinnis Kalin, three sons, and four grandchildren.