David M. Regan

{{short description|Canadian psychologist}}

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David M. Regan is a Canadian psychologist, currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at York University and a Fellow of the Optical Society, American Academy of Optometry, Royal Society of Canada, and Canadian Psychological Association. From 1978 to 1983, he was York's I. W. Killam Research Professor.{{Cite web |url=http://vpap.info.yorku.ca/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-research-professors/ |title=Distinguished Research Professors |publisher=yorku.ca |accessdate=February 27, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.yorku.ca/dregan/ |title=David M. Regan |publisher=yorku.ca |accessdate=February 27, 2017}}

Regan was elected foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.{{cite web|author= |url=https://knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/4690 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426075614/https://knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/4690 |title=David Regan |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=26 April 2020}} In 2003, Regan was awarded the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association.{{Cite web|url=https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/cpaawards/awarddescriptions/|title=CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science|last=|first=|date=2019|website=Canadian Psychological Association|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122025501/http://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/cpaawards/awarddescriptions/ |archive-date=2010-11-22 |access-date=2019-12-14}}{{Cite journal|last1=Dozois|first1=David J. A.|date=2018|title=Not the years in your life, but the life in your years: Lessons from Canadian psychology on living fully.|journal=Canadian Psychology|language=en|volume=59|issue=2|pages=107–119|doi=10.1037/cap0000135|s2cid=149946085 |issn=1878-7304|url=https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/psychologypub/article/1221/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf }}