Rabin (June 20, 1912 – October 24, 2010) was an American-Lithuanian psychologist.
He was born in Merkine, Lithuania, and moved to the United States in 1930.
He received the Bruno Klopfer Award in 1977.
Dr.
Rabin graduated from Boston University and Harvard University receiving his Ph.D.
in Psychology in 1938.
He was employed at the New Hampshire State Hospital in 1939, where he worked as Chief Psychologist.
While there, he met Beatrice Marceau, who became his wife in 1949.
He also worked in Chicago, and in 1949, he became a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University.
He retired from MSU in 1982.
Dr.
Rabin continued teaching in San Diego and Berkeley, California until the 1990s.
Surviving are: his wife of 61 years, Beatrice; daughter, Sarah (Henry) Rabin Butts of Watertown, WI; and three grandchildren, Rachel, Jacob and David Butts.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
The funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Rd., East Lansing, with Rabbi Amy Bigman, Rabbi Morton Hoffman and Cantor Pamela Schiffer officiating.
Interment was done at Evergreen Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.
He died on October 24, 2010.LIST OF BOOKS AUTHORED BY ALBERT I.
RABIN
Growing up in the kibbutz
Projective Techniques for adolescence and children
Twenty Years Later:Kibbutz children
Psychological Issues in Biblical Lore
Clinical Psychology:Issues of the Seventies
Kibbutz studies: A digest of books and articles of the Kibbutz
Assessment with Projective Techniques: A concise introduction