Margaret Ives

Margaret Ives (10 April 1903 – 15 July 2000) was an American psychologist most known for her work in education, forensic psychology, and her clinical work at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington D.C. Over the course of her career, Ives received the diploma of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in 1948, served as the president of the Division of Consulting Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA), and later as the president of the Washington D.C. Psychological Association in 1975. The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare recognized her contributions with the Superior Service Award in 1964. In 1974, she was awarded the Harold M. Hildreth Memorial Award for psychologists in public service, and her pioneering efforts in forensic psychology were recognized by the American Board of Forensic Psychology in 1980.

Early life and education Ives was born on April 10, 1903, in Detroit, Michigan She was the eldest of two children and she enjoyed a close relationship with her brother, Chandler Ives, who died at the age of fifteen. was supportive of her interest in psychology and her mother registered her for early admission to Vassar College. She went on to become the chief psychologist at St Elizabeths. Later, Ives became the Director of Psychological Services and Associate Director for Psychology. Monte Durham was a client of Ives and she testified in his trial, The decision in Jenkins v. United States was also significant because it held that a psychologist's professional opinions "as an expert witness concerning the nature, and existence or non-existence, of mental disease and defect."

Ives lived in Alexandria, Virginia prior to her death, but suffered from dementia in her final years. She died at Hospice of Northern Virginia on July 15, 2000. She was 97.