Mary W. Hicks Explained

Mary W. Hicks
Birth Date:1920
Birth Place:Nyssa, Oregon
Death Date:about 2018
Occupation:College professor

Mary Ward Hicks (1920[1] – circa 2018[2]) was an American psychologist specializing in family therapy, and a professor emerita at Florida State University.

Early life and education

Mary Agnes Ward was born in Nyssa, Oregon and raised in Weiser, Idaho,[3] the daughter of George P. Ward and Marian E. McDonald Ward (later Gribbin). She graduated from Payette High School in 1938.[4] She attended Whitman College and studied education as an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, graduating in 1942.[5] She was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority at Idaho.[6]

Hicks earned a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1953,[7] and completed a Ph.D. in child development and family relations at Pennsylvania State University. Her 1966 doctoral dissertation was An empirical evaluation of textbook assumptions about engagement. Her doctoral advisor was Carlfred Broderick.[8]

Career

Hicks taught at Gooding High School after college. She taught at the University of British Columbia, Pennsylvania State University, Southern Illinois University, and Virginia Tech. She joined the Florida State University faculty in 1973. She was a professor of family and child sciences, and training director for the interdivisional doctoral program in family therapy.[9] [10] As director of the university's Marriage and Family Therapy Center, she commented on changing laws around marriage in the news,[11] and spoke at community events.[12]

Recognition

Hicks was the 1974 winner of the Ernest G. Osborne Teaching Award of the National Council on Family Relations,[13] and the 2003 winner of the Training Award of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.[14] In 1995, she received the Distinguished Service to Families Award from the Southeastern Council on Family Relations. She was elected president of the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family in 1993,[15] and named as a lifetime member of the Conference in 2011.[16] An outdoor bench at Florida State is dedicated with a plaque in her honor.[17] There is a Mary Hicks Endowed Scholarship Fund at Florida State, to support doctoral students in the Marriage and Family Therapy program.[18]

Personal life

Mary Ward married poultry geneticist Amp Frank Hicks Jr., in 1945. They met while he was at a hospital in Utah, and she was a Red Cross worker there, during World War II.[19] They had a daughter, Lorna.[20] Mary Ward died in about 2018, in her late nineties.

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WorldCat Identities. Hicks, Mary Ward 1920–. 2021-09-11.
  2. Fall–Winter 2018. In memoriam. 68–71. Vires. Florida State University Alumni Association.
  3. Book: Berkeley, University of California. Commencement. 1953. 20. en.
  4. News: 1963-07-12. Schedule Told for Payette Class Reunion. 12. The Idaho Statesman. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1945-06-10. Miss Ward Married Army Man. 18. The Idaho Statesman. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1942-12-07. Tea Brings Reunion of Delta Gammas. 5. The Times-News. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: University of California Register, 1952–1953, Volume II. 1953. 20.
  8. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81089988 WorldCat catalog entry for dissertation
  9. News: 1995-05-11. New and Notable. 33. Tallahassee Democrat. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Keough. Larry. 1995-04-13. Future Doctors Get Dose of Family Therapy. 34. Tallahassee Democrat. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Tobin. Thomas C.. August 31, 2005. When government wants marriage reform. 2021-09-12. Tampa Bay Times. en.
  12. News: 1994-03-12. Catholic Women focus on 'Recommitment to Family'. 21. Tallahassee Democrat. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  13. January 1975 . 10.2307/583057 . 1 . The Family Coordinator . 583057 . 89–90 . Ernest G. Osborne Teaching Award: Mary W. Hicks, Florida State University . 24.
  14. Web site: Award Recipients. American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. 2021-09-10.
  15. News: 1993-04-12. Mary W. Hicks. 20. Tallahassee Democrat. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  16. Book: Rubin . Roger H. . Settles . Barbara H. . Volume . Roger H . Rubin . Barbara H . Settles . Volume . 10.3998/groves.9453087.0002.001 . 22 . Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library . Groves Conference on Marriage and Family: History and Impact on Family Science . 2012. 978-1607852841 .
  17. Web site: Stone Bench: A stone bench at Florida State University honoring Dr. Mary W. Hicks, a professor emeritus with thirty years of research and teaching experience.. 2011-03-03. ClipPix ETC: Educational Photos for Students and Teachers . 2021-09-10.
  18. Web site: Mary Hicks Endowed Scholarship Fund. 2021-09-12. FS4U.
  19. News: 1945-05-31. Boise Visitors; Paducahan Calls First Visit to Idaho Capital City His 'Shopping Trip'. 2. The Idaho Statesman. 2021-09-12. Newspapers.com.
  20. The Anchora of Delta Gamma. May 1949. ...Ten Years After: Where Are They Living?. 15–16.
  21. Dubnoff . Steven J. . November 1977 . 10.2307/350502 . 4 . Journal of Marriage and Family . 350502 . 847–848 . Review of Families, Individuals and Marriage . 39.

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