Willis Overton

Willis Franklin Overton, Jr. is an American psychologist whose research is in the fields of clinical and developmental psychology. He is the Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Temple University, where he was the chair of the psychology department from 2000 to 2006. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions 7 (Developmental Psychology), 12 (Clinical Psychology), and 20 (Adult Development & Aging).^[1] He was formerly the president of the Jean Piaget Society and the Society for the Study of Human Development.^[2]

Willis F. Overton
Born	Norwalk, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Education	Boston University Clark University
Awards	1982 Lindback Award
Scientific career
Fields	Clinical psychology Developmental psychology
Institutions	Temple University
Thesis	Ontogenetic changes in specification of object usages: effect of set for concrete manipulative functions  (1967)
Website	sites.temple.edu/woverton/