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Introduction
This is my sandbox, I used it to compose proposed edits to wikipedia articles. The following is for the Cattell article.

Political criticism and the APA Lifetime Achievement Award
Political critics, specifically William H. Tucker and Barry Mehler,  have taken issue with Cattell based on his interests in eugenics, evolution and alternative cultures and political systems. They note that Cattell is known for laying out a mixture of Galtonian eugenics and theology called Beyondism, which Cattell considered "a new morality from science," and that his work in this area was published in the Pioneer Fund's Mankind Quarterly whose editor, Roger Pearson, has also published two of Cattell's monographs. However, Cattell's former colleagues and other supporters assert that, although some of Cattell's views may be controversial, Tucker and Mehler have exaggerated and misrepresented him by using quotes out of context and from outdated writings. 

In 1997, Cattell, at 92, was chosen by the American Psychological Association (APA) for its "Gold Medal Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Science of Psychology." Before the medal was presented, Mehler launched a publicity campaign against Cattell through his nonprofit foundation ISAR accusing Cattell of being sympathetic to racist and fascist ideas  and claiming that "it is unconscionable to honor this man whose work helps to dignify the most destructive political ideas of the twentieth century". A blue-ribbon committee was convened by the APA to investigate the legitimacy of the charges. However, before the committee reached a decision, Cattell issued an open letter to the committee saying "I abhor racism and discrimination based on race. Any other belief would be antithetical to my life’s work" and saying that "it is unfortunate that the APA announcement … has brought misguided critics' statements a great deal of publicity." He refused the award, withdrawing his name from consideration. The blue ribbon committee was therefore disbanded and Cattell, in failing health, died months later.

In 1994, Cattell was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal, which defended the findings on race and intelligence in The Bell Curve.