Background
Binger, Carl A. L. was born on August 26, 1889 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Gustav and Frances (Newgass) Binger.
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Carl A. L. Binger
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1910, Doctor of Medicine cum laude, 1914.
Career
On history science Harvard, 1914. Study, training, research, 1914-1933. Assistant attending physician New York Hospital, 1933-1947, associate attending psychiatrist, 1947-1954.
Assistant professor clinical medical in psychiatry Cornell Univercity Medical College and later assistant professor clinical psychiatry, 1933-1947, associate professor, 1947-1954.
Consultant psychiatrist Medical Department Radcliffe College, 1954-1976. Honorary consultant Harvard University Health Services, 1964-1976.
Visiting professor psychiatry U. Cincinnati Medical College, 1956-1968. Educational consultant Psychiatric Training Faculty of Massachusetts, 1956-1958.
Special consultant psychiatric unit Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.
Lecturer psychiatry Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1954-1956. Visiting psychiatrist Massachusetts General Hospital, 1954-1958, honorary physician, 1958-1976. With rehabilitation clinic Payne Whitney Clinic, 1943-1946.
Consultant Selective Service System, 1943-1946.
Consultant neuropsychiatry Virginia, 1955-1956. Review editor Psychosomatic Medicine, 1945-1947, editor-in-chief, 1947-1962, member editorial board, 1962-1976.
Director Mary Conover Mellon Fund for Advancement of Education at Vassar College, 1949-1951. Chairman of Commission to study neuropsychiatry problems in Tuberculosis, Virginia.
Achievements
Membership
Served as First lieutenant Medical Corps (American Expeditionary Force), United States Base Hospital Northern 6, 1917-1919. Fellow American Medical Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Medicine, American Psychiatric Association. Member International Congress on Mental Health, International Committee Mental Hygiene to World Health Organization (member interim governing board, Executive Committee), National Committee for Mental Hygiene (board directors, delegate to International Congress on Mental Health, England, August 1948, gave opening address Congress 1948), Mental Health Film Board (president 1952), American, Massachusetts psychoanalytic associations, Massachusetts Medical Society Clinical Investigation, Association Psychoanalytic Medical Association (president 1943-1944), American Psychosomatic Society (president 1963-1964.
Clubs: Harvard, Century Association (New York City).
Connections
Married Clarinda Garrison, June 3, 1926. Children: David G., Beatrice, Katherine G. Austin teaching fellow, lecturer.
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March, 1976 (aged 86) -
Resting place
Interred at Little Compton, Rhode Island
Awards
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Awarded citation by General Pershing, Purple Heart. Order of Saint Geoge (Greece). Military medal of Greece.tempSpaceDiplomate American Board Internal Medicine, American Board Neurology and Psychiatry.Awarded citation by General Pershing, Purple Heart. Order of Saint Geoge (Greece). Military medal of Greece.tempSpaceDiplomate American Board Internal Medicine, American Board Neurology and Psychiatry.