Ohio’s Internationally Known Suicide Expert, Dr. James Rogers, Dies Of Brain Cancer

Circle Connections: New Talent James Rogers, Ph.D. was a University of Akron professor of counseling in the College of Education and past president of the American Association of Suicidology. He developed a suicide assessment checklist that has been used around the world. Andrea Denton, retired co-facilitator of the Summit County Suicide Prevention Coalition with the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Summit County, said part of Rogers' vision on the subject of suicide was getting people to take suicide seriously. Contact information: Andrea Denton, Co-facilitator, Summit County Suicide Prevention Coalition, 100 West Cedar Street . . .