Background
Parsons, Frederick Williams was born on November 13, 1875 in Buffalo. Son of Frederick John and Ann (Williams) Parsons.
commissioner Department of Mental Hygiene
Parsons, Frederick Williams was born on November 13, 1875 in Buffalo. Son of Frederick John and Ann (Williams) Parsons.
Doctor of Medicine, University of Buffalo, 1901. Unmarried.
Began practice at Buffalo, 1901. In state hospital service Hudson River Eastern State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, advancing to 1st assistant, 1902-1919. Superintendent Buffalo Eastern State Hospital, 1919-1926.
Medical commissioner New York Eastern State Hospital Commission, 1926-1927. Commissioner department mental hygiene, 1927-1937. Mental hygiene consultant to United States Public Health Services.
Member medical board United States Veterans Bureau. Served from captain lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American Psychiatric Society, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Buffalo Academy Medicine, New York State, Albany County medical societies, New York Psychiatric Society, New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry.
Clubs: University (Albany).