Background
Levy, David Mordecai was born on April 27, 1892 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benno C. and Sarah (Breakstone) Levy.
Levy, David Mordecai was born on April 27, 1892 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benno C. and Sarah (Breakstone) Levy.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914. Doctor of Medicine University of Chicago, 1918.
Resident physician Chicago Psychopathic Hospital and Cook County Hospital, 1918-1920. Instructor criminology University of Illinois, 1920-1922. Lecturer psychiatry University of Chicago, 1923-1927.
Attending neurologist, director mental hygiene clinic children Michael Reese Hospital, 1923-1926.
Acting director Illinois Institute Juvenile Research, 1923. Lecturer Smith College, 1924-1930.
Chief staff New York Institute Child Guidance, 1927-1933. Lecturer New School Social Research, 1928-1939.
Instructor New York Psychoanal.
Institute, 1936-1941. Consultant psychiatric personnel Office of Strategic Services, 1944-1945. Director infantry control division Screening Center, Germany, 1945-1946.
Member National Advisory Mental Health Council, United States Public Health Service, 1946-1948.
Attending psychoanalyst Psychoanal. Clinic Training and Research, from 1945.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1951-1953. Attending psychiatrist New York State Psychiatric Institute, from 1949.
Private practice New York City, from 1935.
Research professor psychiatry and mental hygiene Yale, 1947-1951. Professor clinical psychiatry Columbia, 1955-1957. Consultant United States Public Health Service, Rockland Eastern State Hospital.
Program consultant Henry Ittleson Center Child Research, 1956-1969.
Member National Advisory Mental Health Council, United States Public Health Service, 1946-1948. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1951-1953. Member of the United States Committee Care European Children.
Married Adele Rosenwald, June 2, 1927.