Background
Cheney, Clarence Orion was born in 1887 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Albert Orion and Caroline (Adriance) Cheney.
Cheney, Clarence Orion was born in 1887 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Albert Orion and Caroline (Adriance) Cheney.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1908. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, 1911.
1 son, Robert Scott. Intern Manhattan Eastern State Hospital, 1911. Assistant physician and pathologist, same, 1912-1917. Assistant director New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1917-1922.
Assistant superintendent Utica Eastern State Hospital, 1922-1926.
Superintendent Hudson River Eastern State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, 1926-1931. Director New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, 1931-1936.
Director New York Hospital, Westchester Division, 1936-1946, emeritus since 1946. Instructor in psychiatry, Cornell Medical School, 1917-1922.
Lecturer in psychiatry, Syracuse Medical School, 1922-1926.
Professor clinical psychiatry, Columbia University, 1931-1933, professor psychiatry, 1933-1936. Professor clinical psychiatry, Cornell Medical School, since 1936.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (secretary-treasurer 1928-1933. Member New York Psychiatric Society (president 1943-1944), New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry (president 1934-1935), New York Neurological Society, American Medical Association, New York State Medical Society (ex-chairman of the section on neurology and psychiatry), Westchester County Medical Society, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, Royal Medico-Psychological Association England (correspondent. Member), U. Council of Columbia University (member 1935-1936), Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha, Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Kiwanis of Utica (president 1925-1926).
Married Josephine Scott, June 7, 1915.