Joseph Zubin

Joseph Zubin (9 October 1900 – 18 December 1990) was a Lithuanian born American educational psychologist and an authority on schizophrenia who is commemorated by the Joseph Zubin Awards.[1]

Life

Zubin was born October 9, 1900 in Raseiniai, Lithuania, but moved to the USA in 1908 and grew up in Baltimore. His first degree was in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in 1921, and he earned a PhD in educational psychology at Columbia University in 1932. In 1934 he married Winifred Anderson (who survived him) and they had three children (2 sons, David and Jonathan, and a daughter, Winfred). At his death on December 18, 1990, he had seven grandchildren.[1][2]

Honors

Zubin was President of both the American Psychopathological Association (1951-2) and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1971-2) and received numerous awards for his work.[2] In 1946 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 New York Times Dec 12, 1990 Dr. Joseph Zubin, 90,Research Psychologist
  2. 1 2 Ruth Condray, American Psychologist 47(6) June 1992 Obituary: Joseph Zubin (1900-1990)
  3. ↑ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-07-23.


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