Background
Rioch, David McKenzie was born on July 6, 1900 in Mussoorie, U.P., India. Son of David and Minnie (Henly) Rioch.
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Rioch, David McKenzie was born on July 6, 1900 in Mussoorie, U.P., India. Son of David and Minnie (Henly) Rioch.
Student, Philander-Smith Naini Tal, U.P., India, 1915. AB, Butler University, 1920. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1924.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Experimental College, Institute Behavioral Research, 1973.
House officer, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1924-1926;
assistant resident in medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1926-1928;
medical fellow, National Research Council, 1928-1930;
medical fellow, Department Anatomy, University of Michigan, Center Institute for Brain Research, Ann Arbor and Amsterdam, Holland, 1928-1929;
medical fellow, physiology laboratory, University of Oxford, 1929-1930;
instructor, physiology laboratory, University of Oxford, 1930;
associate in physiology, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1930-1931;
assistant professor anatomy, Harvard University, 1931-1938;
department chairman neuropsychiatry, Washington University Medical School, 1938-1942;
professor neurology, Washington University Medical School, 1938-1943;
director research, Chestnut Lodge Sanatarium, Rockville, Maryland., 1943-1951;
fellow, Washington School Psychiatry, 1943-1954;
director division neuropsychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1951-1970;
coordinator, Adult Learning Center, Institute for Behavioral Research, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1970-1973;
principal scientist, Adult Learning Center, Institute for Behavioral Research, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1973-1980. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1958-1959. Visiting professor department psychiatry University of Chicago, 1968-1985, visiting lecturer department psychiatry JohnsHopkins U. School Medicine, 1970-1972.
Visiting lecturer emeritus, 1972-1985.
With Royal Canadian Air Force, 1918. Fellow New York Academy of Sciences, American Psychiatric Association, American Neurological Association (honorary), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Washington Academy Medicine, Washington Academy of Sciences, American Psychopath. Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, American Physiological Society, American Association Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, American Academy Neurology (associate), Psychonomic Society, Pavlovian Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Margaret Jeffrey, December 23, 1938.