C. Robert Cloninger, M.D., the Wallace Renard Professor of Psychiatry, professor of genetics and director of the Center for the Psychobiology of Personality in the School of Medicine, delivered the first of these annual lectures April 23 at Clopton Auditorium.

The lectureship will provide an opportunity for scholarly updates about what Cloninger calls the "science of well-being." Cloninger hopes to recruit speakers who will address topics associated with the prevention and treatment of depression and the role of spirituality in personality devel-opment.

"The series of lectures will be dedicated to scientific consideration of the proposition that we are physical, mental and spiritual beings and that neglecting any of those aspects can lead to conflict and contradiction," Cloninger said. "To promote and maintain well-being, scientists must concentrate not only on the biological but also on other aspects of personality, including the psychological and the spiritual."