Background
Merker, Frank Ferdinand was born on July 2, 1909 in Brooklyn. Son of August and Mathilda (Schmidt) Merker.
Merker, Frank Ferdinand was born on July 2, 1909 in Brooklyn. Son of August and Mathilda (Schmidt) Merker.
Bachelor of Engineering, Johns Hopkins, 1931; Doctor of Medicine Medical College Virginia, 1943; postgraduate, Menninger School Psychiatry, 1946-1949.
With, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, 1931; with, Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, 1933-1935; with, Civilian Conservation Corps, 1935-1940; intern, United States Marine Hospital, Baltimore, 1944; resident psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital., Topeka, 1946-1949; assistant section chief, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1949-1951; section chief, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1952-1954; assistant director professional services, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1954-1955; director professional services, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1955-1958; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Topeka, 1946-1958; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Salem, Virginia, 1958-1960; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Roseburg, Oregon, 1960-1966; director professional services, Veterans Administration Hospital., Salem, 1958-1960; director, Veterans Administration Hospital., Roseburg, 1960-1966; director, Veterans Administration Hospital., Coatesville, Pennsylvania, 1966-1969; director, Veterans Administration Hospital., Richmond, Virginia, 1969-1972; director, Southwestern Eastern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, 1972-1978; medical director forensic unit, Southwestern Eastern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, 1978-1980; psychiatrist, Marion Correctional Treatment Center, 1980-1982; psychiatrist, Mount Rogers Clinic, 1982-1984. Associate clinical professor psychiatry Medical College Virginia, 1969-1981.
Served to captain Medical Corps United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychiatric Association. Member American Medical Association.
Son of August and Mathilda (Schmidt) M. M. Edith Marjorie Greer, February 6, 1937. 1 daughter, Mathilda Sue.