Background
Caveny, Elmer Leonard was born on May 26, 1907 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lebanus High and Lydia (Sarratt) Caveny.
Caveny, Elmer Leonard was born on May 26, 1907 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lebanus High and Lydia (Sarratt) Caveny.
Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, 1930.
Commissioned lieutenant (junior grade) Medical Corps United States Navy, 1930, advanced through grades to captain, 1945. Specialist psychiatry, since 1938. Postgraduate training psychiatry Pennsylvania Hospital and Institute, Philadelphia Naval Hospital, 1938-1941.
Head psychiatry branch Naval School Aviation Medicine, 1944-1947. Psychoanalytic training Philadelphia Institute, 1947-1952. Chief neuropsychiatry center Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1948-1951.
Assistant professor psychiatry Woman's Medical College, 1948-1951. Head neuropsychiatry service Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 1951-1953. Head neuropsychiatry branch Bureau Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, 1953-1954.
Clinical professor psychiatry Georgetown University, 1953-1954. Professor psychiatry University Alabama Medical College, since 1955, chairman department, 1955-1959.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association, Group for Advancement Psychiatry, American Psychoanalytic Association, Association Southern Psychiatric Professor (president 1958-1959).
Married Dorothy Franklin, June 4, 1930. 1 son, Leonard Hugh.