Claude Robert Cloninger

Background

Cloninger, Claude Robert was born on April 4, 1944 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Son of Morris Sheppard and Marie Concetta Cloninger.

Education

Bachelor University Texas, 1966. Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1970, (honorary) U. Umea, Sweden, 1983. Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology.

Career

Instructor psychiatry Washington University, Saint Louis, 1973-1974, assistant professor 1974-1978, associate professor, 1978-1981, professor, 1981, professor genetics, 1978, professor psychology, 1989, Wallace Renard professor psychiatry, 1991, headdept. psychiatry, 1989-1994, director center psychobiology personality, 1994. Psychiatrist-in-chief Barnes and Renard Hospitals, Saint Louis, 1989-1994. Visiting professor U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1978-1979, U. Umea, Sweden, 1980.

Chairman National Institute of Mental Health psychopathology Review Committee, Washington, 1980-1984.

Consultant World Health Organization, Geneva, 1981, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, 1978, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1984, Institute Medicine, 1986. Chairman genetics initiative schizophrenia National Institute of Mental Health, 1989-1997.

Mental health commissioner State of Missouri, 1990-1995.

Achievements

• Claude Robert Cloninger has been listed as a noteworthy epidemiologist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychiatric Association (Adolph Meyer award, 1993), American Psychopathol. Association (treasurer 1984-1989, vice president 1990, president 1991-1993, secretary 1994-1996, Samuel Hamilton award 1993). Member American Society Human Genetics (editorial board 1980-1983), Behavior Genetics Association (editorial board 1980), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, Research Society Alcoholism (board of directors 1987-1990).

Interests

• Gardening, reading, traveling

Connections

Married Sharon Lee Rogan, July 11, 1969. Children: Bryan Joseph, Kevin Michael.

Father:

Morris Sheppard Cloninger

Mother:

Marie Concetta Cloninger

Spouse:

Sharon Lee Rogan

child:

Kevin Michael Cloninger

child:

Bryan Joseph Cloninger