Dana Lyda Farnsworth

Background

Farnsworth, Dana Lyda was born on April 7, 1905 in Troy, West Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Lyda and Isabell (Waggoner) Farnsworth.

Education

AB, Bachelor of Science, West Virginia University. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1933. Doctor of Science, Salem College, West Virginia, 1959.

Doctor of Science, Williams College, 1961. Doctor of Science, West Virginia University, 1965. Doctor of Science, Fairfield University, 1969.

Doctor of Science, Rockford College, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lesley College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters, Roosevelt University, 1970.

Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1964. Doctor of Laws, Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Laws, Allegheny College, 1973.

Career

Instructor chemistry and physics, Barrackville (West Virginia) High School, 1927-1929; intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1933-1935; assistant resident, Boston City Hospital, 1935; assistant director health, Williams College, 1935-1941; director health, Williams College, 1945-1946; professor, medical director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1954; acting dean students, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1951; lecturer medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1952-1954; Henry K. Oliver professor hygiene, director University Health Services, Harvard University Medical School, 1954-1971; member of faculty public health, Harvard University Medical School, 1954-1971; Henry K. Oliver professor hygiene emeritus, Harvard University Medical School, 1971-1986. Salmon lecturer psychiatry New York Academy of Medicine, 1964. Consultant neuropsychiatry United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1947-1954.

Associate physician Children's Medical Center, 1954-1971. Assistant physician, then physician Massachusetts Gen.Hosp., 1946-1966, board consoltation, 1966-1976, honorary physician, 1977-1986. Consultant in medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1954-1971.

Vice chairman National Commision on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, 1971-1973. Chairman of the Board Medicine in the Public Interest, 1973-1986.

Achievements

• Dana Lyda Farnsworth has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Psychiatry, Education and the Young Adult

    (Psychiatry, Education, Child Studies)

  • Mental Health in College and University

    (Book by Farnsworth, Dana L.)

  • Counseling and the College Student (Intenrnational Psychiatry Clinics, Vol. 7, No. 3)
  • Psychiatry, education, and the young adult, (The Thomas William Salmon memorial lectures)
  • Mental Health in College and University
  • Counseling and the college student (International psychiatry clinics)
  • Psychiatry, the Clergy, and Pastoral Counseling; the St. John's Story

Membership

Served with Medical Corps, United States Navy, World World War II, PTO. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Psychiatric Association (member council 1958-1961, chairman committee on ethics 1965-1967, member council medical education and career development 1967-1969, distinguished service award 1971), American School Health Association (honorary). Member American Medical Association (member council on mental health 1963-1972, chairman 1967-1970, member council health manpower 1968-1970), Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (president 1957-1959), American College Health Association (president 1953-1954, Edward Hitchcock award 1968), Northern New England Branch American Psychiatric Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, British Student Health Association (honorary).

Connections

Married Elma Morris, March 18, 1931.

Father:

Henry Lyda Farnsworth

Mother:

Isabell (Waggoner) Farnsworth

Spouse:

Elma Morris