Solomon C Goldberg, PhD

Abstract

Presents an obituary of Solomon C Goldberg, PhD. (1924-2007). Solomon C Goldberg died in December 2007. He was 83 years old and had retired 10 years earlier. He fit into retirement easily, shifted from singles to doubles in tennis, and enjoyed an active life with his wife Pat. His research career and contributions helped forge the field of clinical psychopharmacology clinical trials. Sol was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and was an Army Air Force gunner in World War II, flying 35 missions. He received his PhD from Catholic University in 1952 in social psychology. He joined the Psychopharmacology Service Center (PSC) at NIMH in 1960 and became the third member of the triumvirate with Jonathan Cole and Gerry Klerman designing the study comparing then-new neuroleptics to placebo in schizophrenia—published in the Archives of General Psychiatry in 1964. He was also instrumental in developing the first clinical trials in anorexia nervosa—now working with Katherine Halmi, Regina Kaspar, and Elke Eckert. He is survived by his wife, D Patterson (Pat) Goldberg, three children from his first marriage, Jan Kaplan, Nancy Heyman, and Richard Goldberg and four grandchildren. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)