Joseph Noshpitz (1922-1998), known as Joe to all who knew him, was a formidable figure in the world of child and adolescent psychiatry in the second half of the twentieth century—the period during which the field achieved, largely under his aegis, recognition as a significant clinical and academic discipline. From his position as chief psychiatrist at the Children's Hospital in Washington, he served for two years (1973-1975) as president of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry (later renamed the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and was