John Patrick Spiegel
John Patrick Spiegel (March 17, 1911 – July 17, 1991) was American psychiatrists, and expert on violence and combat stress and the 103rd President of the American Psychiatric Association.[1][2]
Biography
Spiegel was born in Chicago, Illinois, attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1934. He received his medical degree in 1938 from Northwestern University School of Medicine. He later taught at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, and practiced medicine at Michael Reese Hospital.
During World War II, he served as a medical officer in the Army Air Corps. He joined the faculty of Brandeis University, where he headed the Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence from 1966 to 1979.
Legacy
Spiegel's grand-daughter is National Public Radio correspondent Alix Spiegel.[3] He died on July 17, 1991 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Publications
- 1945. War Neuroses. with Roy R. Grinker, Sr., Philadelphia, 1945.
References
- ↑ Joan Riddell Cook (July 19, 1991). "John P. Spiegel, 80, Expert on Violence And Combat Stress". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
John P. Spiegel, an expert on combat fatigue and urban violence, died on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 80 years old.
- ↑ Heise, Kenan (July 19, 1991). "Dr. John P. Spiegel, 80". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
Dr. John P. Spiegel, 80, a retired Brandeis University faculty member and a nationally renowned social psychiatrist, conducted pioneer research on violence as part of war, the inner city and the family.
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/people/90889243/alix-spiegel