Background
Alfred, Dewitt Clinton was born on October 12, 1937 in Chattanooga. Son of Dewitt Clinton and O'Teele Eloise (Nichols) Alfred.
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Dewitt Clinton Alfred
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Dewitt Clinton Alfred, American University dean, psychiatrist. Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology. Early Entrance scholar Ford Foundation, 1952-1956; Named Young M.D. of the Year, Atlanta Medical Association, 1976; recipient Public Svc. award Mental Health Association, Metro-Atlanta, 1989.
Education
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Morehouse College, 1956; Doctor of Medicine, Howard U., 1960.
Career
Commissioned, United States Air Force Reserve, 1962;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force Reserve, 1979;
intern, H.G. Philips General Hospital, St. Louis, 1961;
residency in psychiatry, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, 1967;
general medical officer Regional Hospital, United States Air Force, Rantoul, Illinois, 1962-1964;
resident psyhiatrist, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, 1964-1967;
assistant chief psychiatry, United States Air Force Area Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, 1967-1968;
chief psychiatrist United States Air Force Regional Hospital Sheppard Air Force Base, United States Air Force Reserve, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1968-1971;
professor psychiatry, chief of service, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, 1971-1984;
retired, United States Air Force Reserve, 1982;
founding chairman psychiatry department, Morehouse School Medicine, Atlanta, since 1984. Regional consultant Headquarters United States Air Force Surgeon General, Washington, 1968-1971, research consultant, 1971-1982. Consultant psychiatrist Atlanta University Center, Inc., since 1972.
Consultant National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland., 1977-1985, North Georgia Halth Sys. Agency, Atlanta,1979-1982. Director Morehouse Medical Associations, Inc., 1985-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Active Georgia Board of Human Resources, 1984-1994, chairman, 1989-1991. Founding member Regional Leadership Institute Atlanta Regional Commission and Metro-Atlanta Business Forum, 1991. Member National Mental Health Council, since 1992.
Member APA (secretary 1981-1985 Georgia district branch, president-elect 1985-1986, president 1986-1987, named Psychiatrist of Year 1993-1994 Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Assn.dist. branch APA, Solomon Carter Fuller award 1994, Solomon Carter Fuller lecturer 1994), American Medical Association, Society United States Air Force Psychiatrists, Southern Psychiatric Association.
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Married Marion Leticia Bottoms, August 22, 1959. Children: Leticia O'Teele Alfred Garrick, Dewitt Clinton Alfred III.
