SAM GLUCKSBERG, a leader in experimental psycholinguistics, died Aug. 29 at age 89. Glucksberg, the psychology department chair from 1974 to 1980, taught at the University for 44 years before transferring to emeritus status in 2007. He “pioneered the experimental study of figurative language, focusing on metaphors, idioms, sarcasm, and irony,” according to an Office of the Dean of the Faculty bio published the year he retired. He also taught two of his department’s most popular lecture courses, “Introduction to Psychology” and “General Psychology.”
DANIEL N. OSHERSON, a psychology professor whose research included interdisciplinary collaborations with computer scientists, mathematicians, and political scientists, died Sept. 4 at age 73. Osherson was the first Henry R. Luce Professor in Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture at Princeton. He taught at Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Rice University, and held three posts in Europe before completing his career with 15 years on the Princeton faculty.