Dr. (Rudolph) Terry Pivik, 76, passed away peacefully Friday, May 10, 2019 at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Terry is survived by his wife Margaret (Peggy), three daughters; Jayne  Pivik, Lisa Pivik and Suzanne Pivik; one son, Christopher Pivik; three grandchildren; Jesse Baker, Joshua Baker and Lilly Pivik; two sisters, Shannon Hunter and Vickey Hansen.

Terry was preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph Lewis Pivik and Flossie Mae Sturgeon, one brother Daryl, one sister Nancy and six brothers-in-law and five sisters-in-law.

Terry was a neuroscientist and a true academic. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Psychology from the University of Wyoming, focussing on the neurophysiology in sleep and dreaming. In 1966, he was awarded a Bioscience Award to study Physiological Psychology at Stanford University where he received his Ph.D.  His work spanned a wide range of mental and physical events associated with sleep and sleep deprivation.  As a Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School, Terry continued his work exploring the neurophysiology of sleep advancing the field in measurement and neural activity. He held academic and research positions in the departments of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago and University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, extending the study of neurophysiology and psychophysiology of sleep with children and psychiatric populations. From 2001-2007 he was Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Acting Director Brain Function Laboratory, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, and in 2007 to the present, has been Director of the Brain Function Laboratory, Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences; and Research Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  Over his career, Terry worked tirelessly at his research publishing over 300 articles and chapters that have been cited over 4000 times to date.

Terry would agree that he lived his life between a rock and a hard place being born in Rock Springs, Wyoming and finally coming to rest in Little Rock, Arkansas. His quick wit and sense of humor and his unwavering , quiet dedication to his family and work will be missed.