Jack Parker Hailman (May 6, 1936 – January 20, 2016) was an American zoologist and ethologist. He taught at the

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from 1969 to 1998, where he chaired the Department of Zoology from 1989 to 1991. He was executive editor of ''

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'' from 1972 to 1978 and served as president of the

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from 1981 to 1982. In 1998, he received the Animal Behavior Society's Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award, and in 2014, he received the

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's National Volunteer Award. He was a fellow of the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Animal Behavior Society.

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1936 births 2016 deaths Scientists from St. Louis 20th-century American zoologists 21st-century American zoologists Ethologists Harvard College alumni Duke University alumni University System of Maryland faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science {{US-zoologist-stub