Marshall S. Hiskey

(1908-1998) lived in Lincoln. Educational psychologist, educator, known for his contributions to the education of both hearing and deaf children, authored in 1941 one of the few non-verbal tests of learning aptitude designed for deaf children, revised in 1955 to include the hearing population, and after revision and restandardization in 1966 it was known as the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude, which advanced the state of knowledge of psychological assessment and deafness, especially in the 1970s and 1980s; recipient of honorary doctorate in 1968 from Gallaudet University. Consult UNL Nebraska Alumnus, December 1954, pp. 8-9 and The Eighth Mental Measurements Yearbook, Vol 1 (Gryphon Press, 1978) 307-308 and Lincoln Journal Star obituary, December 25, 1998, p. B-3 and Encyclopedia of Special Education, 2nd ed, Vol 2 (John Wiley, 2000) 886.

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