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EUGENE, OR – Two senior scientists affiliated with the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) were recently recognized for their significant professional contributions to the field of psychology. Gerald R. Patterson, Ph.D., co-founder and a Senior Scientist at OSLC, was presented the Scott Award from the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) for his lifetime contributions to the study of the development of human aggression. ISRA is a society of scholars and researchers interested in the scientific study of violence and aggression. The society is both international and interdisciplinary, and members gather for World Meetings every other year on alternating continents. Currently there are about 250 members from over two dozen countries with specialties in psychology, psychiatry, physiology, sociology, anthropology, animal behavior, criminology, political science, pharmacology, and education. The Scott Award is named after the late Dr. John Paul Scott, a distinguished researcher in the area of aggression in animals, and one of the co-founders and first president of ISRA. Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D., OSLC Affiliated Scientist and professor in the Department of Psychology and the School Psychology Program in the College of Education at the University of Oregon, was honored by the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association for distinguished contributions to the field of family psychology. He was also presented with a Research Innovation Award by the University of Oregon for bringing more than $15 million in external research grant funding to the university during the past five years, and for being one of the top three professors on campus in terms of dollars brought to the university during that period. Dr. Dishion worked as a researcher at OSLC from 1977 to 2000 prior to founding the Child and Family Center at the University of Oregon.