Background
Draper, Edgar was born on February 5, 1926 in St. Louis. Son of Neal McLain and Florence Mabel (Meyers) Draper.
Draper, Edgar was born on February 5, 1926 in St. Louis. Son of Neal McLain and Florence Mabel (Meyers) Draper.
AB, Washington University, 1946; Bachelor's Degree, Garrett Biblical Institute, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University Medical School, 1953; graduate, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, 1966.
Intern, Washington University Svc. City Hospital, St. Louis, 1953-1954; resident in psychiatry, U. Cincinnati, 1954-1955, 57-59; senior assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, Fort Worth, 1955-1957; from instructor to associate professor, University of Chicago, 1959-1968; co-director psychiatric outpatient department, professor psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968; director psychiatric resident education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968-1974; professor postgrad education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970-1975; professor, department chairman psychiatry, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1975-1993; professor psychiatry, U. Mississippi, Jackson, 1993-1994; professor emeritus, since 1994. Consultant in field.
Board of directors Friends Library. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American College Psychiatry (life), American Society Psychoanalytic Physicians, Society for Science Study of Religion (life), American College Psychoanalysts (life, program chairman), Southern Psychiatric Association(parlimentarian since 1980). Member Mississippi Psychiatric Association (past president), Mississippi State Medical Society, Michigan Psychiatric Society, Washtenaw County Medical Society, Michigan State Medical Society, Southern Psychiatric Association, Michigan Psychoanalytic Society, Mental Health Association (board directors Jackson). M C.
Married Norma Jane Alexander, March 16, 1949. Children: Sue Draper Masteller, Anne Draper Klevay, Neal Edgar.