Background
Ford, Charles Virgil was born on October 21, 1937 in Delano, California, United States. Son of Clifford and Thelma May (Martin) Ford.
Ford, Charles Virgil was born on October 21, 1937 in Delano, California, United States. Son of Clifford and Thelma May (Martin) Ford.
Bachelor in Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 1963.
Head physician psychiatric liaison service, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1969-1977; director psychiatric residency training program, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1973-1977; director geopsychiat. in-patient unit, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977-1979; professor psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1979-1985; professor psychiatry Medical School, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985-1986; professor psychiatry, vice chairman education Department, University Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, 1986-1990; professor psychiatry, U. Alabama, Birmingham, since 1990.
Lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1964-1969. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American College Psychiatrists, Academy Psychosomatic Medicine (executive county 1986, vice president 1993-1994, president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), Alabama Psychiatric Society (president-elect 1996-1997, president 1997-1998).
Married Edith Lillian Engel, July 26, 1961 (divorced 1973). Children: Charles Martin, Scott Timothy. Married Pamela Elaine Parker, October 19, 1985 (divorced 1996).
Children: Katherine Evans, John Parker, Marc Barrett.