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 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

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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 American ethologists Harvard College alumni Duke University alumni University of Maryland, College Park faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science {{US-zoologist-stub