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 Awards.''New York Times'' Dec 12, 1990
Dr. Joseph Zubin, 90, Research Psychologist He was the founder of the Biometrics Research Department of New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Life

Zubin was born October 9, 1900, in Raseiniai,

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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 American Psychopathological Association (1951–52) and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1971–72) and received numerous awards for his work. In 1946 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.View/Search Fellows of the ASA
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References

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