Although Arthur Cropley is best known today for his work on creativity and education, in the early part of his career he made substantial contributions to the understanding of driving behavior and traffic safety that had important implications for public policy and legislation. He also helped develop an approach to attitude measurement, combining both quantitative and qualitative methods, which has been used successfully in a number of applied settings. His extensive writings on lifelong learning culminated in a well-received monograph that was one of the first attempts to advocate a greater role for higher education in promoting lifelong and life-wide learning skills.