Background
Stunkard, Albert James was born on February 7, 1922 in New York City. Son of Horace Wesley and Frances (Klank) Stunkard.
Stunkard, Albert James was born on February 7, 1922 in New York City. Son of Horace Wesley and Frances (Klank) Stunkard.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1945. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Edinburgh, 1992.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Louisiana State University, 2006.
Intern in medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1945—1946. Resident physician psychiatry Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1948—1951, research fellow psychiatry, 1951—1952. 1rsch. fellow medicine Columbia University Service, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1952—1953.
Commonwealth research fellow, then assistant professor medicine Cornell University Medical College, 1953—1957. Member faculty University Pennsylvania, 1957—1973, since 1976, professor psychiatry, 1962—1973, since 1976, Kenneth Appel professor psychiatry, 1968—1973, chairman department, 1962—1973. Professor psychiatry Medical School, Stanford University, 1973—1976.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948.
Member of Society Behavioral Medicine (past president), Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, American Psychosomatic Society, Academy Behavioral Medicine Research, American Association Chairman Departments Psychiatry, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences.