Date of appointment: 2 july 1987.
By proposal of: Faculty of Psychology.
Date of investiture: 7 march 1988.
Sponsor: Dr. Heliodoro Carpintero Capell and Dr. Ismael Quintanilla Pardo.
José Luis Pinillos was born in Bilbao in 1919. PhD in Philosophy from the University of Madrid and professor of Psychology at the universities of Valencia, in 1962, and Complutense de Madrid in 1966.
He was a disciple of José Germain, one of the main promoters of psychology in Spain after the Civil War.
He was Doctor Honoris Causa for the pontifical universities of Salamanca and Comillas, for the National University of Distance Education and for the universities of Valencia, the Basque Country, Santiago de Compostela, Oviedo, Seville, La Laguna, Murcia and Salamanca.
He was part of the Free College of Emeritus since its creation in 1986 and belonged to the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, the College of Psychologists of Spain and the Academy Scientiarum et Artium Europeae.
Publications:
- Introduction to contemporary psychology, 1962
- The human mind, 1965
- Principles of psychology, 1975
- The psychology and the man of today, 1975
- Psychopathology of urban life, 1977
- The heart of the labyrinth, 1997
Distinctions:
- Spanish Society of Psychology Award, 1984
- Gold Medal of the University of Salamanca, 1985
- Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, 1986
- Gold Medal of the University Studies Center, 1986
- Gold Medal of the city of Madrid, 1986
- Medal of Honor from the Menéndez Pelayo International University, 2004
