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In Memoriam: In life and death, a scientist brings out the best in others

Relationship scholar Caryl Rusbult's colleagues mourn her loss and celebrate her scientific legacy

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Caryl Rusbult was the queen of close relationships. For more than 30 years, and for the past six years at Vrije University in Amsterdam, she studied how some men and women form lasting, supportive marriages.