Edward f Zigler

Edward Frank Zigler (born March 1, 1930) is an American developmental psychologist and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. In addition to his academic research on child development, he is best known as one of the architects of the federal Head Start program.

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Edward F. Zigler, a pioneer in the application of developmental psychology to social policy and known by many as the “Father of Head Start,” a program that has served over 35 million American children and their families, died in his sleep on February 7 at his home in North Haven, Connecticut. He was 88 years old.

An eminent and rigorous scholar, Zigler was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. He was passionate that science should be in the service of the public interest and had an extensive career in public service.

Zigler is survived by his son Perrin Scott Zigler, dean of the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, daughter-in-law Korin Marie Zigler, and granddaughters Miranda Elizabeth Zigler and Maya Elyse Zigler, all of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts; and younger sister Maurine Agron of Kansas City, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Zigler, in 2017.