Rosalind Cartwright

Rosalind Dymond Cartwright (1922–2021) was a neuroscientist and professor emerita in the Department of Psychology and in the Neuroscience Division of the Graduate College of Rush University. She was known to her peers as "Queen of Dreams". In 2004 she was named Distinguished Scientist of the Year by the Sleep Research Society.

Personal life and education The daughter of Henry Falk, a real estate developer, and Stella (Hein) Falk, a poet, Rosalind (Falk) Dymond Cartwright was born in New York City on December 30, 1922.

Her undergraduate and master's degrees were from the University of Toronto. She earned her Ph.D. with the dissertation, Empathic Ability, an Exploratory Study, at Cornell University in 1949.

She was married four times, twice to the same man, Richard Dennis. and Desmond Cartwright.

Rosalind Cartwright died in Chicago on January 15, 2021, at the age of 98. She built a sleep lab in 1962 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and studied REM sleep and dreaming. In 1977 she joined the faculty of the Graduate College at Rush University Medical Center, as chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and later the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Division, and she founded the sleep disorder research and treatment center there. 1993: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Basic Research in Psychology, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology 2004: Distinguished Scientist Award, Sleep Research Society, an award for "significant, original, and sustained scientific contributions to the sleep and circadian research field... influential research spanning an entire career".