Jacob Sines (1927–2009)

Jacob Oliver Sines, born June 30, 1927 in St. Paul, MN to the late Floyd and Lucile Sines, died November 15, 2009 at Mercy Hospital Hospice in Iowa City, IA.

Sines served in the US Navy during WWII. With the help of the GI Bill, Jacob received his BA in Psychology at the University of Minnesota in 1949, followed by an MA in Educational Psychology at Minnesota (1951) and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Michigan State (1955). He subsequently held faculty memberships at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Missouri, and Case Western University. He joined the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa in 1970, serving as Director of Clinical Training until 1975 and as a Professor in the Division of Clinical Psychology until his retirement in 1999. Jacob was a dedicated and challenging teacher, fondly remembered by his students, and was recognized in 1989 as Professor of the Year by Psi Chi, the Undergraduate Honor Society in Psychology. His commitment to the department and to his profession also was evidenced by service on the Departmental Ethics Committee and on the Iowa Board of Psychology Examiners. His research interests were broad and spanned the assessment of home environments, psychological testing, animal models of stress, child and adult psychopathology, and personality. He authored and validated several assessment instruments that provide objective, standardized measures of childhood behavior, personality, and family environment. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed national and international travel with his family and friends.

Jacob is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Janice, four children, seven grandchildren, one brother, and nieces and nephews.