Reverberations from the First Fly-by-night Underground College of Kalamazoo and the Creative Roger Lubeck

 

This is the fifth in a series of cartoons about an imagined day in 1971 when B. F. Skinner visited WMU. The other four can be viewed on my facebook, or through this link.

It considers an imagined conversation between Dick Malott and B.F. about Pigeons and Communes.

I was actually present during several conversations that people had with B.F. when he visited.  I like mine better.

By the way, the Harvey in this is Harvey Jacobs.  There are several pictures of Harvey with his pigeon on his shoulder in my WMU album. 

If you check out Harvey’s web site, it looks like he used the money from selling SD tee shirts to very good use.

I am always amazed at the group of professionals and the careers of the people who came out of Dick Malott 150/350/SCEP/Stimulus Control crew.

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From: harveyjacobs@harveyjacobs.net

A promising second career for you Roger!

Being a Malottian at that time and place was truly a unique, fortunate and guiding experience for so many of us.  There were tremendous opportunities to learn via integrated rule governed and contingency shaped behavior that played out within the unique fabric of the entire WMU psychology department.  There were student roles of great responsibility and accountability, even at undergraduate levels that many people do not begin to experience until entering their post-doctoral careers, and guided permissiveness (trust actually) to explore new venues with tools of empirical validation, team work and well placed SD'S.  

BLTB

Harvey E. Jacobs, PhD LLC

Licensed Clinical Psychologist / Behavior Analyst

harveyjacobs@harveyjacobs.net  Website:  www.harveyjacobs.net

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> I am always amazed at the group of professionals and the careers of the

> people who came out of Dick Malott's 150/350/SCEP/Stimulus Control crews.  I

> know we all had other critical mentors in our careers, but probably none of

> them have facebook sites or send weekly notes from a radical (various types)

> behaviorists.

>

> In developing this cartoon, I was amazed to learn that USA Today did a piece

> in 2007 on Roger and Lake Village, and that Twin Oaks is still going as is

> Sun Flower House at KU where Lynette lived for a time.

>

> Best to all,

> Roger Lubeck, President

> Corporate Behavior Analysts, Ltd.

> rclubeck@cbaltd.biz

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