Peter Harzem, the only son of Sukru and Saime Harzem, was born near midnight December 31, 1929 in Istanbul, Turkey, and died at his home in Auburn, Alabama on May 26, 2008 following a long and difficult illness. His beloved wife and best friend, Anne, was at his side at the time of his passing.
In remembering Peter, his students and colleagues are crystal clear about two things. First, in the finest sense of the word, Peter was a scholar–a person who loved knowledge for its own sake and who spent nearly every waking hour pursuing it. Second, Peter was a teacher who genuinely loved sharing his knowledge and ideas with others–students, colleagues, or friends. Indeed, Peter typified the examined life in everything that he did.
Key words: Peter Harzem, conceptual revision of behavior analysis, International Congress on Behaviorism and the Sciences of Behavior