
ASU remembers
Donald E. Guinouard
Professor Emeritus, Counselor Education

September 26, 2016
Dr. Donald E. Guinouard, Emeritus Professor, Counselor Education, passed away on September 26, 2016 at the age of 87. He received a B.S. in Business Administration with accounting and economics majors and an M.S. in history and counseling from Montana State University, earned his doctorate from Washington State University in counseling psychology with a clinical psychology minor and did postdoctoral studies at Stanford University. He served five years as director of counseling for all the public schools in Pullman, Washington and started one of the early elementary school counseling programs in the country in 1956. He then served as an Associate Professor at Montana State University for six years, after which he served for 24 years at ASU where he was one of the four founding members of the Student Counseling Service, now known as Counseling and Consultation, and was a Professor in the graduate counseling program in the College of Education. An early licensed psychologist in Arizona, he also held public school counseling and teaching certificates in Washington and Montana, secondary school administrative certificate in Washington, and the Professional Counseling Certificate from the National Vocational Guidance Association. He held diplomates in the American Board of Forensic Counselors, the American Board of Psychological Specialties, and the American Psychotherapy Association. He served as a Sgt. in the Army Air Force, as a M/Sgt. in an Infantry Regimental Combat Team and later, as a M/Sgt. in the Air Force. Later he received a direct commission from M/Sgt. to 2nd Lt. in the Combat Engineers, becoming a “mustang” – an officer promoted from enlisted rank without attending any officer training program. He served as an Army Lt. and later transferred his commission to the Air Force Reserve where he eventually retired as a Colonel, USAF. His last dual assignment was as the Air Force Disaster Control Officer for the State of Arizona and as Senior Air Force Academy Liaison Officer for Arizona. A sister preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Irene, two sons, a daughter, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.