Vaillant, George

George E. Vaillant, M.D., is a psychoanalyst and a research psychiatrist, one of the pioneers in the study of adult development. He is a professor at Harvard University and directed Harvard's Study of Adult Development for thirty-five years. He is the author of "Aging Well" and "The Natural History of Alcoholism," and his 1977 book, "Adaptation to Life," is a classic text in the study of adult development. He lives in Boston; East Thetford, Vermont; and Victoria, Australia.