Jack Hailman

Jack Hailman
Born	Jack Parker Hailman (1936-05-06)May 6, 1936 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	January 20, 2016(2016-01-20) (aged 79) Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard College Duke University
Spouse	Liz Hailman
Children	Karl and Eric
Awards	Animal Behavior Society Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award (1998) Bureau of Land Management National Volunteer Award (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Ethology Zoology
Institutions	University 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 advisor	Peter H. Klopfer
Doctoral students	H. 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.