Arthur W. Combs was a noted teacher, consultant, and psychologist. In 1947, along with Donald Snygg, he invented perceptual-experiential psychology, a systematic frame of reference for the study of persons. He is past president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and served as the editor of the 1962 ASCD Yearbook, Perceiving, Behaving, Becoming. He wrote 22 books and monographs and more than 150 articles on psychology, counseling, and education.