Robert Roe (1944 - 2016)
Prof.dr. Robert A. Roe 11 August 1944 – 22 February 2016
“Witnessing without sadness the death of someone we knew well, someone who literally played a role in our own life, is not easy. But in seeing death as proof that life has been completed we can strip away the heavy negative power that is commonly attached to it. I wish that the last moment that my body is still here is seized to celebrate the life lived, with all that it meant to others, and all its imperfections." -- Robert A. Roe, March 7th 2015
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"Zonder droefenis getuige zijn van de dood van iemand die wij goed gekend hebben, die letterlijk een rol gespeeld heeft in ons eigen leven, is niet gemakkelijk. Maar door de dood te zien als bewijs dat het leven volbracht is, kunnen wij er toch de zware negatieve kracht aan ontnemen die er gewoonlijk aan verbonden wordt. Ik zou wensen dat het laatste moment waarop mijn lichaam nog aanwezig is, wordt aangegrepen om het geleefde leven met alles wat het voor anderen betekend heeft en met al zijn onvolkomenheden te vieren." -- Robert A. Roe, 7 maart 2015
President European Federation of Psychologists Associations EFPA (2009-2015)
Honorary Emeritus Professor of Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior at Maastricht University (NL)
Honorary Emeritus Professor History and Foundations of Psychology, at the University of L-i:zig (D)
Brussels, February 23, 2016
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that our former EFPA president Robert Roe passed away yesterday afternoon.
Robert was not only an excellent EFPA president but a great colleague and friend.
Robert will be remembered as a very kind, committed person who was always there to support, share his wisdom and his sense of humour. He will be greatly missed both as a colleague and a friend but he will live on in the memory of t)hose who had the honour and pleasure to know him.
Our sincere and deep condolences go to his wife Marika and his son and daughter.
May he rest in peace.
The EFPA Team
