Joseph Zubin (9 October 1900 – 18 December 1990) was a Lithuanian-born American

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and an authority on

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who is commemorated by the

Joseph Zubin Award The Joseph Zubin Award may refer to three different psychology awards named in honor of the psychologist Joseph Zubin. Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award The Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award was granted by the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund at the Resea ...

s.''New York Times'' Dec 12, 1990
Dr. Joseph Zubin, 90, Research Psychologist

Life

Zubin was born October 9, 1900 in

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, but moved to the US in 1908 and grew up in

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. His first degree was in

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in 1921, and he earned a PhD in

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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.Ruth Condray, ''American Psychologist'' 47(6) June 1992 Obituary: Joseph Zubin (1900-1990)

Honors

Zubin was President of both the

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(1951-2) and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1971-2) and received numerous awards for his work. In 1946 he was elected as a

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