Elias Eliot Benezra

Background

Benezra, Elias Eliot was born on September 3, 1922 in Istanbul, Turkey. Came to the United States, 1944. Son of Isak and Rachel (Eskenazi) Benezra.

Education

Bachelor, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, 1943; postgraduate, Carleton College, 1944-1945; Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1949.

Career

Intern, Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1949-1950; resident psychiatry, Menninger School Psychology, Topeka, 1950-1951; resident psychiatry, U. Rochester, New York, 1951-1953; senior psychiatrist, VA West Side Hospital, Chicago, 1957; chief psychiatrist, VA Mental Hygiene Clinic, Chicago, 1958-1959; practice medicine specializing psychiatry, Elmhurst and Oakbrook, Illinois, since 1959. Department chairman psychiatry Elmhurst Hospital, 1982-1984, co-chairman, 1986, Chairman.dept. psychiatry Hinsdale Hospital, since 1986. Consultant medical advisory board York High School, Elmhurst, since 1974.

Achievements

• Elias Eliot Benezra has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life). Member American Medical Association, Dupage Medical Society, DuPage Mental Health Society (president 1962-1963).

Clubs: Oakbrook Bath and Tennis.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, swimming, antiques, clocks, African sculpture.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Howe, September 15, 1946 (divorced 1972). Children: Philip, Elizabeth, Thomas. Married Barbara DeBellis, September 2, 1984.