Arthur Merrimon Freeman III

Background

III, Arthur Merrimon Freeman was born on October 10, 1942 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Arthur Merrimon Freeman II.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1967.

Career

Assistant professor department psychiatry and behavioral science, Stanford (California) U., 1974-1977; professor, vice department chairman psychiatry, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1977-1990; medical director, Appalachian Hall Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, 1990-1991; professor, department chairman psychiatry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, since 1991; dean, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, 1993-1996. Regional medical director division mental health Louisiana Department Health and Hospitals, 1992-1994.

Achievements

• Arthur Merrimon Freeman III has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry educator, dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Volunteers of America, Shreveport, 1993-1996, Shreveport Symphony, Chamber of Commerce, 1993-1996. Lieutenant commander Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1972-1974. Fellow APA, American College Psychiatrists (Laughlin fellow 1971), Academy Psychosomatic Medicine, Southern Psychiatric Association.

Member American Association Chairman of Depts. of Psychiatry, biomedical Research Foundation N.W. Louisiana (board directors 1993-1996).

Connections

Married Linda Poynter. Children: Arthur M. IV, Katherin Leigh, Edward Todd.

Father:

Arthur Merrimon Freeman II III

Spouse:

Linda Poynter

child:

Katherin Leigh III

child:

Arthur M. IV III

child:

Edward Todd III