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Zig Ziglar

American author, salesman, and motivational speaker (1926–2012)

Zig Ziglar

Ziglar in March 2009

Born(1926-11-06)November 6, 1926

Coffee County, Alabama, U.S.

DiedNovember 28, 2012(2012-11-28) (aged 86)

Plano, Texas, U.S.

Resting placeMcKinney, Texas
Other namesZiglar
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina
Occupation(s)Salesman, motivational speaker, author
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJean Ziglar (married 1946–2012, his death)
Children4

Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

Biography

Early life and education

Zig Ziglar was born prematurely in Coffee County, Alabama, to John Silas Ziglar and Lila Wescott Ziglar.[1] He was the tenth of 12 children, and the youngest boy.[2]

In 1931, when Ziglar was five years old, his father (John Ziglar) took a management position at a Mississippi farm, and his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he spe

Edward Zigler received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1958. He joined the psychology department at Yale in 1959 and also served on the faculty of Yale’s Child Study Center. He founded and was Director Emeritus of Yale’s Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, one of the first centers in the nation to combine training in developmental science and social policy construction. He was Sterling Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, but remained active in his scholarly and social policy endeavors. In addition to being one of the founders of the field of applied developmental psychology, Dr. Zigler pioneered the discipline of developmental psychopathology as well as the developmental approach to mental retardation and adult psychopathology. He conceptualized the School of the 21st Century, which has been adopted by more than 1,300 schools in 20 states. He worked with state governments and private foundations, and played a central role in generating the momentum toward establishing universal preschool education. He was past pres

Zigler, Edward F.

1930-
Developmental psychologist who has focused on maximizing the potential of children from under-privileged backgrounds, and who has significantly contributed to national programs for children such as the Head Start program.

Edward Frank Zigler was born in 1930 to Louis Zigler and Gertrude (Gleitman) Zigler of Kansas, Missouri. His parents and two older sisters immigrated to the United States from Poland. After attending a vocational high school in Kansas City, Zigler earned his B.S. at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He went on to obtain his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1958. He then taught for a year at the University of Missouri at Columbia before going to Yale in 1959, where he became director of the Yale University department of child development in 1961. Zigler married Bernice Gorelick in 1955 and has one son, Scott.

In 1970, Zigler was appointed by President Nixon to the post of first director of the office of Child Development, which has since been renamed the Administration of Childre

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