Background
Auerback, Alfred was born on September 20, 1915 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Murray M. and Lena (Breslin) Auerback. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944.
Auerback, Alfred was born on September 20, 1915 in Toronto, Canada. Son of Murray M. and Lena (Breslin) Auerback. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944.
Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1938.
Intern, Toronto General Hospital, 1938-1939;
resident, French Hospital, San Francisco, 1939-1940;
resident in neurology and psychiatry, University of California Hospital, San Francisco, 1940-1942;
practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, San Francisco, 1943-1990;
staff psychiatrist, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland., 1942-1943;
staff, U California-San Francisco, since 1943;
assistant clinical professor, U California-San Francisco, 1953;
associate clinical professor, U California-San Francisco, 1962;
clinical professor, U California-San Francisco, 1970-1983;
clinical professor emeritus, U California-San Francisco, since 1983. Consultant San Francisco General Hospital, 1953-1970. Member Mental Health Advisory Board of San Francisco, 1962-1977, chairman, 1967-1970.
Board directors San Francisco Mental Health Association, 1981-1987. Consultant National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Washington, 1971-1976, California Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission, 1955-1957. Member Citywide Alcoholism Advisory Board, San Francisco, 1972-1974.
Chairman, 1972-1973, 1st Pacific Congress of Psychiatry, Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Chairman psychiatric congresses, Tokyo, Jerusalem, 1963, Mexico City, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, 1964. Chairman psychiatric congresses Edinburgh, 1965.
Board directors, secretary Fontana East Apartment Cooperative, 1985-1987. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life, vice president 1966), San Francisco Medical Society(board directors 1955), American, Royal, Royal Australian, New Zealand colleges psychiatrists. Member Northern California Psychiatric Society (president 1956, award 1990), American Association Social Psychiatry (councillor 1980-1986), Mental Health Association (award 1986), Commonwealth Club, Masons, Pi Lambda Phi, Phi Delta Epsilon. M C.
Married Molly Loy Friedman, June 21, 1942. Children— Norman L., Sandra J., Diana K. Auerback Gleave.