Joseph Vincent Brady (1922-2011).

Joseph Vincent Brady was born in New York City on March 28, 1922. Joe died on July 29, 2011. Joe was a pioneer in bringing the methods and philosophy of behavior analysis to the emerging field of behavioral pharmacology. In 1960, with David Rioch, Joe founded the nonprofit Institute for Behavioral Research (later the Institutes for Behavioral Resources, or IBR), which continues to the present day. True to his belief in the importance of the environmental determinants of behavior, when interviewed about his accomplishments in so many varied fields, Joe replied that in each area he had been "the beneficiary of a fortuitous environment."

Between the waves: Harvard Pigeon Lab 1955-1960.

Six or more graduate students were active in and around the Pigeon Lab in the spring of 1955 and also in 1960, but when I arrived it the fall of 1955 there were none. Looking back in 2001 at that period I can appreciate the unique opportunity for research that I had, as well as the exceptional and productive groups of graduate students who had recently finished their study and research and those who would carry on the tradition of excellence.