John B. Miner Audio-Visual Collection

John 'Jack' B. Miner earned an A.B. in Psychology from Princeton University, an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Clark University, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Personality Theory from Princeton University. Jack became a full professor at the age of 35, at the University of Oregon. Over a period of 55 years, Jack authored/co-authored 52 books and monographs, as well as 135 articles and book chapters. He also developed personality test and measurement materials, most notably the Miner Sentence Completion Scale, which is still in use. He consulted for clients as diverse as psychological testing organizations, petroleum companies, mining companies, manufacturing companies, law firms, universities, and the federal government. Jack is widely known for his teaching and writing in the areas of organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. Jack was a Fellow of the Academy of Management from 1973, serving as its 33rd President, and holding the position of Editor of what was at the time the Academy's only journal. He received the Academy of Management Distinguished Service Award in 2012. He was also a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Society for Personality Assessment, and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a member of a dozen other professional associations.