Marilyn Mailman Segal (Marilyn Segal; died 2014) was an American

developmental psychologist Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, ...

, author and educator specializing in

early childhood Early childhood is a stage in human development following infancy and preceding middle childhood. It generally includes toddlerhood and some time afterward. Play age is an unspecific designation approximately within the scope of early childhood. ...

. She is the founder and dean emeritus of the Family Center at

Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University (NSU or, informally, Nova) is a private nonprofit research university with its main campus in Davie, Florida. The university consists of 14 total colleges, centers, and schools offering over 150 programs of study. ...

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her numerous books include the five volume "Your Child at Play" series. She received a B.A. from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in 1948, a B.S. in social work from

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

in 1949, and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Nova University in 1970. She established a doctoral program in early childhood education in 1972 and founded the Family Center in 1975. In 2002 it was renamed the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies. Her businessman father, Abraham Mailman, was the founder of the Mailman Foundation with his brother

Joseph Mailman Joseph Lawrence Mailman was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Mailman was born in Utica, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants, and attended Syracuse University. Along with his brother Abraham Mailman, Joseph founded the Uti ...

. She is chair emeritus of the A. L. Mailman Family Foundation (named after her father) and is a trustee of the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

. A family gift of Old Master paintings to

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

has been named in her honor. She died on November 19, 2014.''Dr. Marilyn "Mickey" Mailman Segal'', Legacy, November 24, 2014 accessed a

January 22, 2015 Richard D. Segal is her son.

Selected writing

* Marilyn Segal, ''Your Child at Play: Birth to One Year : Discovering the Senses and Learning About the World'', (Your Child at Play Series), Newmarket Press, 2nd edition 1998

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External links

A. L. Mailman Family Foundation
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