Abstract
Jerry Harvey passed away on August 1, 2015 after a long and illustrious career at NTL and George Washington University. In this symposium we intend to tell the story of an outstanding individual who worked at the intersection of practice and academia and should be better known by academics. Harvey was a professor who was iconic, caring, profane, charming, and piercing all rolled into one. He wrote books with titles such as How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? He was sent to NTL as a “spy” in 1960 to dig up some dirt that Robert Blake could use against the organization (Dent, 2002) and was present at the “Manhattan Project” of Group Dynamics. He made hugely important contributions of his own in articles on Not Teaching, Organization Development as a Religious Movement, Encouraging Students to Cheat, Reflections on Books by Authors who Apparently are Terrified about Really Exploring Spirituality and Leadership, and many others. Audience members will be encouraged to share the impact Harvey has had on their lives and work.