Background
Tamkin, Arthur S. was born on July 13, 1928 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Sheer Sam Tamkin and Bertha (Hirsch) Sofness.
Tamkin, Arthur S. was born on July 13, 1928 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Sheer Sam Tamkin and Bertha (Hirsch) Sofness.
AB, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1954. Post doctoral study, Augusta State University, from 1990.
Clinical psychologist, VA Medical Center, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1954-1958; research project director, Department Mental Hygiene, Columbus, Ohio., 1958-1959; chief psychologist, VA Clinic, Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, 1960-1973; chief psychologist, Fuller Memorial Hospital, South Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1973-1979; psychologist, Data General Corporation, Westboro, Massachusetts, 1979-1980; chief clinical psychologist, VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, 1980-1990; consultant, Augusta Corporation Medical Institute, Grovetown, Georgia, 1993; psychologist, First Mental Health, Nashville, Tennessee, since 1994. Clinical psychologist pvt practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1959-1979.
Member Augusta Area Psychological Association.
Married Ruth Helen Goldberg, February 12, 1950. Children: Laura, Andrea, Jill, Roy.