Morris Eagle, Ph.D. is the 2009 Recipient of the Sigourney Award.

Dr. Morris Eagle, a prominent psychoanalyst and professors, is the 2009 recipient of the Sigourney Award.  The Award, which includes a $40,000 cash prize, is the most distinguished recognition in psychoanalysis, made annually to individuals and institutions around the world, but only once every three years in the United States.  Past recipients of the award include Otto Kernberg, Charles Brenner, Stanley Greenspan, and Leo Rangell.

Dr. Eagle is a former president of the division of psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association; as well as co-founder of the New York Attachment Consortium.  He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies of Adelphi University; former Erik Erikson Scholar-in-Residence at Austen Riggs.  He is a clinical supervisor of the Community Counseling and Parent Child Study Center of CLU, where he also runs the Thursday Research Meeting on attachment theory and research.

Dr. Eagle has authored over 150 journal articles and book chapters;and is author of the book Recent Developments in Psychoanalysis: A Critical Analysis. 

The Sigourney Award is in honor of Mrs. Mary S. Sigourney, who had a passionate interest in psychoanalysis and wished to encourage activity in the field.  Her interests included the contribution of psychoanalysis to other fields and disciplines, such as psychiatry, childcare, anthropology, sociology, law, criminality and the arts and humanities.  The Award will be given in New York, on January 14th, to coincide with the Winter Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association.