Former SIUC professor of psychology Neil A. Carrier died in his home Nov. 21 after a prolonged illness.

Carrier came to SIUC in fall 1957 after teaching one year at the University of Colorado. He retired as a full professor in August 1986.

He was born in Detroit on May 25, 1924, to Gladys and William Carrier and attended school in Detroit. He entered the Army Air Force in February 1943 and served for three years, two of them in the South Pacific.

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He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Wayne University in Detroit. Following a two-year teaching position at West Virginia University, he obtained his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Michigan.

Carrier is survived by wife, Lois, of Carbondale, and by his four daughters, one son and four grandchildren.

A visitation took place Nov. 25 at the Walker Funeral Home in Carbondale. There was no funeral.

Memorials can be made to TIP of Illinois Hospice, 202 E. Union St. in Marion.