Background
Cornelison, Floyd Shovington was born on April 30, 1918 in San Angelo, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Shovington and Nannie Lee (Brewer) Cornelison.
Cornelison, Floyd Shovington was born on April 30, 1918 in San Angelo, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Shovington and Nannie Lee (Brewer) Cornelison.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1939; postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1939-1940; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1943-1945; Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity, 1950; Master of Science, Boston University, 1958.
Intern, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1950-1951;
resident in psychiatry, Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston University School Medicine, also Boston Eastern State Hospital, 1951-1954;
from assistant in psychiatry to instructor, Boston University School Medicine, 1951-1958;
lecturer psychology, Tufts College, 1954-1956;
successively assistant professor, associate professor, consultant professor psychiatry, U. Oklahoma School Medicine, 1958-1964;
professor psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, 1962-1983;
honorary professor, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., since 1983;
department chairman, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson U., 1962-1974;
past member of staff numerous hospitals. Medical staff, Wilmington Med Center
consultant area hospitals, since 1962. Medical director Freedom From Fear, Inc., 1980-1983.
Director Marka T. du Pont Institute Human Behavior, Wilmington, Delaware, 1971-1975. Initiated self-image experience, photographic confrontation technique in psychiatric research.
Fellow American College Psychiatrists (emeritus), American Psychiatric Association (life), Royal Australian and New Zealand College Psychiatrists (honorary). Member American Medical Association, Delaware Psychiatric Society, Delaware County Medical Society, New Castle County Medical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Erwina Ladelle Bode, August 30, 1940 (divorced 1966). 1 child, Ann Brewer; married Ruth Reeder Williams, September 17, 1966.