Background
Hutschnecker was born and grew up in Austria.
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Arnold Hutschnecker
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He served in the Austrian army during Word War I. He then studied medicine at Humboldt University, Berlin, specialized in psychiatry.
Career
Hutschnecker and opened a medical practice in Berlin. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and settled in New York, where he obtained a licence to practice internal medicine and psychiatry. Among his patients were Richard Nixon.
He also advised Nixon on child care policy, presenting a plan promoting daycare for preschool children in lower economic neighborhoods.
He also developed a reputation and wrote articles on the psychology of leadership, and advised Gerald Ford. He published a number of books, of which "The Will to Live" became a bestseller.
Hutschnecker was in the news when he wrote that politicians should be required to take a psychiatric examination before running for office. He also suggested that all children be given a test to determine the likelihood of criminal behavior.
Hutschnecker died 28 December 2000 in Sherman, Connecticut.
Politics
He became a vocal critic of Adolf Hitler"s National Socialist government.
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