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Marceline E. Jaques, a professor emerita in the Graduate School of Education, died May 16 in her Amherst home. She was 89.
A rehabilitation counseling psychologist, Jaques served as a faculty member and chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services—now known as the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology in the Graduate School of Education.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and a master’s degree in child psychology and a doctorate in educational psychology and counseling, both from the University of Iowa.
Jaques came to Buffalo in 1958 to join the UB faculty as an assistant professor. She was highly regarded in her field, and over the course of her career advised more than 500 master’s and doctoral students, many of whom also became leaders in the field. She was named professor emerita when she retired in 1990, and UB established a scholarship award in her honor that is given annually to an outstanding student in rehabilitation counseling.
From 1976 to 1990, Jaques worked with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, the late psychiatrist who pioneered near-death studies and wrote the groundbreaking book “On Death and Dying.” Jaques was co-founder of the Center for Life Transition, now the counseling arm of Hospice Buffalo, to help dying individuals and their families.
She served as chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services from 1979 to 1982, becoming the first woman to head the department. Among her many accomplishments, she edited the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, a national professional journal, from 1974 to 1980, and in 1986 was named a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Her honors also included the American Distinguished Counseling Association Distinguished Service Award, the Western New York Rehabilitation Association John Evanko Award, the University of Iowa Lifetime Achievement Award, the UB Graduate School of Education Career Achievement Award and the University of Iowa Distinguished Alumna Award.
A memorial service will be scheduled.
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