Background
Bever, Christopher Theodore was born on March 12, 1919 in Munich. Came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943. Son of Rudolf Paul and Maria (Bever) Berliner.
Bever, Christopher Theodore was born on March 12, 1919 in Munich. Came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943. Son of Rudolf Paul and Maria (Bever) Berliner.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1943. Postgraduate, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1953.
Diploma, Washington School Psychiatry, 1952. Master of Arts in History, University Maryland, 1993.
Intern, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1944;
resident in psychiatry, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, 1947-1948;
psychiatrist, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, 1948-1950;
psychiatrist, Washington Institute Mental Hygiene, 1950-1951;
director, Montgomery County Mental Hygiene Clinic, 1951-1954;
associate professor psychiatry, U. North Carolina, 1954-1956;
private practice specializing psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Washington, 1956-1996. Director Washington Psychoanalytic Clinic, 1983-1987. Member of faculty Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1954-1997, emeritus teaching analyst, since 1997.
Mem.faculty Washington School Psychiatry, since 1956. Member of faculty George Washington University, since 1957, clinical professor, 1974-1996, emeritus clinical professor, since 1996. Consultant Eugene Meyer Treatment Center, Washington, since 1989, Center for Mental Health, Washington, 1990-1995, Psychotherapy Referral Network, 1996-1998.
Board of directors Cmty. Psychiatric Clinic (now cost per click Health Corporation), Bethesda, Maryland., since 1956, president, 1973-1975. Board directors District of Columbia Institute Mental Hygiene, 1966-1973, president, 1966-1968, trustee, 1973-1990.
Board directors Washington School Psychiatry, since 1983, Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation, since 1993. Trustee WilliamAlanson White Foundation, Washington, 1974-1984. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American Orthopsychiat.
Association (life); member American Medical Association, American Psychoanalytic Association (life, certified in psychoanalysis), Columbia (Maryland.) Study Group.
Married Josephine Jordan Morton, March 12, 1944. Children: Christopher Theodore, Caroline Stakpole, Edward Watts, Sarah Sayward.