Controversial psychologist John Money dies at 84

[Kate Thomas]

Washington Blade
http://www.washblade.com/2006/7-21/news/national/obit.cfm

Controversial psychologist John Money dies at 84
Known for groundbreaking work in gender, sex research

By KATHERINE VOLIN
Friday, July 21, 2006


Psychologist John Money, whose work in gender and sex research was both groundbreaking and controversial, died on July 7 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md. He was one day shy of turning 85.

According to his niece, Sally Hopkins, Money died of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Money was born on July 8, 1921, in New Zealand and immigrated to the United States in 1947. He spent 50 years as a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, where he was a professor of medical psychology.

Money's research on gender identity, a term he created, focused on the importance of environment on gender determination.

"He really developed that entire field of study," said Dr. Gregory K. Lehne, a Money colleague and an assistant professor of medical psychology at Johns Hopkins. "Without him, that whole field of study might not have existed."