Background
Wassermann, Franz Walther was born on September 11, 1920 in Munich. Arrived in the United States, 1938. Son of Friedrich and Margarete (Schmidgall) Wassermann.
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Franz Walther Wassermann
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Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1943.
Career
Staff psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Palo Alto, California, 1948-1949; psychiatrist, Piedmont Psychiatric Clinic, Oakland, California, 1949-1951; psychiatrist, Walnut Creek, California, since 1951; staff psychiatrist, Agnew (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1951-1952; staff psychiatrist, Contra Costa County Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Martinez, California, 1952-1993; program chief, Contra Costa County Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Martinez, California, 1959-1965; chief, east county mental health, Contra Costa County Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Pittsburg, California, 1965-1989; medical director, east county mental health, Contra Costa County Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Pittsburg, California, 1989-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Co-founder Many Hands, Inc., Pittsburg, 1970. Captain Army Medical Corps, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Psychological Association.
Member Northern California Psychiatric Society (vice president 1982-1983), East Bay Psychiatric Association (president 1977-1978), Contra Costa Council Alcoholism (chairman 1969-1971), Contra Costa County Mental Health Association (vice president 1958), Concord Mount Diablo Trail Ride Association, American Medical Association.
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Married Sarah Hortense Webster, January 4, 1945. Children: Paul F., Margaret Marie Wassermann Bone.
