Background
Auer, Edward Thomas was born on January 18, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Harper and Anna (Maguire) Auer.
Auer, Edward Thomas was born on January 18, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Harper and Anna (Maguire) Auer.
Bachelor of Arts, University Rochester, 1940; Doctor of Medicine Temple University, 1943.
Intern, Abington (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital, 1943-1944;
chief resident, Abington (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital, 1947-1948;
fellow psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1948-1950;
member of faculty, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1950-1962;
associate professor psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1956-1962;
clinical professor, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1976-1989, retired;
assistant instructor medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1950-1953;
practice medicine specializing in psychiatry with, Doctor Kenneth Appel & Associates, Philadelphia, 1950-1956;
with, Drs. Edward T. Auer, William T. Donner & Associates, Pennsylvania, 1956-1962;
consultant psychiatry, Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital., Philadelphia, 1954-1956;
professor psychiatry, department chairman neurology and psychiatry, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1962-1976;
Samuel W. Fordyce professor psychiatry, St. Saint Louis University School Medicine, 1967-1976;
chief mental health and behavioral science service, St. Louis Veterans Administration Hospital., 1972-1976;
medical director, Institute Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1976-1980, retired. Member National Task Force Homosexuality, 1967-1970.
Vice chairman Mental HealthPlanning Committee, St. Louis, 1966-1969.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1947. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (chairman council on emerging issues 1972-1975, chairman task force on sex education and sex therapy 1976-1982), American College Psychiatry, American College Psychoanalysts (charter board regents 1985-1988, chairman committee invitations to membership 1973-1995). Member American Medical Association, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia medical societies, Group Advancement Psychiatry (director 1966-1968), Eastern Missouri Psychiat Association (president 1967-1968), Southern Psychiatric Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Hedesh, September 23, 1944 (deceased). Children: Robert, Thomas, Kenneth, Mary Ann, Edward.
