Geary Simmons Alford

Background

Alford, Geary Simmons was born on April 11, 1945 in McComb, Mississippi, United States. Son of Percy Knapp and Murrell (Dodds) Alford.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Millsaps College, 1968; Master of Arts, U. Arizona, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, 1972.

Career

Intern, resident, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1971-1972; assistant professor psychology, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1973-1980; associate professor psychology, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, 1980-1986; associate professor pharmacology and toxicology, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, since 1987; professor psychiatry-psychology, U. Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, since 1987; private practice, Pascal Clinic, Jackson, 1972-1973; career medical teaching fellow, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1975. Consultant psychologist Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, since 1976, Jackson Civil Svc. Commission, 1973&, Mississippi Dpet.

Public safety and Bureau Narcotics, since 1985.

Achievements

• Geary Simmons Alford has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board Drug Research and Education Association Mississippi, since 1983. Member of national professional advisory board American Council on Alcoholism, 1986. Fellow American Psychological Association, Behavior Therapy and Research Society (clinical).

Member Mississippi Psychological Association (president 1977-1978), Sigma Xi, Psi Chi.

Interests

• Avocations: wildfowl hunting, scuba diving, philosophy of science, karate (Black Belt).

Connections

Married Catherine Alford, October 16, 1976. Children: Alexander Geary, Zeb Burton.

Father:

Percy Knapp Alford

Mother:

Murrell (Dodds) Alford

Spouse:

Catherine Alford

child:

Zeb Burton Alford

child:

Alexander Geary Alford