Jack Hailman

Jack Hailman
Born
Jack Parker Hailman

(1936-05-06)May 6, 1936
DiedJanuary 20, 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 79)
EducationHarvard College
Duke University
SpouseLiz Hailman
Children2
AwardsAnimal Behavior Society Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award (1998)
Bureau of Land Management National Volunteer Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsEthology
Zoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thesis The ontogeny of an instinct: The pecking response in chicks of the laughing gull (Larus atricilla L.) and related species  (1964)
Doctoral advisorPeter H. Klopfer
Doctoral studentsH. Jane Brockmann

Jack Parker Hailman (May 6, 1936 – January 20, 2016) was an American zoologist and ethologist. He taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1969 to 1998, where he chaired the Department of Zoology from 1989 to 1991. He was executive editor of Animal Behaviour from 1972 to 1978 and served as president of the Animal Behavior Society from 1981 to 1982. In 1998, he received the Animal Behavior Society's Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award, and in 2014, he received the Bureau of Land Management's National Volunteer Award. He was a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Naturalists, and the Animal Behavior Society.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Brockmann, H. Jane; Dewsbury, Donald A. (May 2016). "Memorial: Jack P. Hailman (1936-2016)". Newsletter of the Animal Behavior Society. 61 (2).
  2. ^ Bowman, Reed; Lohrer, Fred E. (October 2016). "Jack P. Hailman, 1936–2016". The Auk. 133 (4): 822–823. doi:10.1642/AUK-16-146.1. ISSN 0004-8038.
  3. ^ Tyrrell, Kelly April (2016-03-23). "Remembering late UW-Madison Zoology Professor Jack P. Hailman". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2020-05-14.