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Document Type
Poster
Date of this Version
2025
Citation
Carlson, J. F. (2025, August). Birds of a feather: Peace and Conflict founders Milton Schwebel and Luella Buros. Poster presented at the 133rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Abstract
Milton Schwebel, peace psychology pioneer, described Luella Buros as “a pillar of strength, her principles uneroded by age or economic well-being, her determination to struggle against social evils undiminished” (1992, p. 4). At age 90, Buros had just become the founding contributor to Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Schwebel was its founding editor. In announcing the gift, he emphasized Buros’s steadfast commitment to pursuing peace, while recognizing her artistic accomplishments and her collaboration with her husband, Oscar, in establishing the renowned Mental Measurements Yearbook series (Buros, 1968; Buros, 1978; Carlson, 2023). She later provided funds to support the journal in perpetuity and establish the Luella Buros Endowment for Peace (Schwebel, 1995).
Four pillars of peace psychology—research, education, practice, and advocacy—were embodied by Luella Buros throughout her multifaceted life. An active member of the World Federalists, she promoted world peace and garnered support for the fledgling United Nations. “With very little money but plenty of energy she engaged in the day-to-day activist’s job of getting posters and exhibits in store windows and institutional bulletin boards” (Schwebel, 1995, p. 313). In artistic endeavors, too, she treated people “with dignity and respect” (p. 313), conveying tranquility and commenting on war’s aftermath (Buros, 1939; Wilson & Autry, 2006).
References
Buros, L. G. (1939). Street musicians [Painting]. Buros Center for Testing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Buros, L. G. (1978). Preface. In O. K. Buros (Ed.), The eighth mental measurements yearbook (pp. xxix-xxx). The Gryphon Press.
Buros, O. K. (1968). The story behind the mental measurements yearbooks. Measurement and evaluation in guidance, 1(2), 86-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00256307.1968.12022373
Carlson, J. F. (2023). Improving the science and practice of testing: The legacy of Oscar Krisen Buros. The American Journal of Psychology, 136(2), 183-191. https://doi.org/10.5406/19398298.136.2.07
Schwebel, M. (1992, June). Luella Buros: Founding contributor of the Peace Psychology journal. The Peace Psychology Newsletter, 1(2), 1, 3–4.
Schwebel, M. (1995). The Luella Buros endowment for peace. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 1(4), 313-314. https://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327949pac0104_1
Wilson, T. L., & Autry, D. E. (Eds.) (2006). Wars & scars: A history of the disabled American veterans. The IPR Group/American Printer.
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Copyright 2025, Janet Carlson. Used by permission