Background
Tarjan, George was born on June 18, 1912 in Zsolna, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1943. Son of Odon and Margaret (Kohn) Tarjan.
Tarjan, George was born on June 18, 1912 in Zsolna, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1943. Son of Odon and Margaret (Kohn) Tarjan.
Student, Tisza Istvan University, Debrecen, Hungary, 1932. Doctor of Medicine, Peter Pazmany University, Budapest, 1935.
Intern general hospitals, Budapest, 1934-1935, Menorah Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 1939-1940. Resident internal medicine Budapest, 1935-1939, Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1940-1941. Resident psychiatry State Hospital, Provo, Utah, 1941-1943.
Clinical director Peoria (Illinois) State Hospital, 1946-1947. Director clinical service Pacific State Hospital, Pomona, California, 1947-1949, superintendent, medical director, 1949-1965. Assistant professor psychiatry University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1953-1957, associate professor, 1957-1960, clinical professor, 1960-1965, professor, 1965-1991.
Program director mental retardation and child psychiatry Neuropsychiat. Institute, 1965-1991. Vice-chairman President's Panel on Mental Retardation, 1961-1962.
Member Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, 1965-1970, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1966-1971, President's Commission on Mental Health, 1977-1978, Select Congressional Panel on Promotion of Child Health, 1979-1980. Consultant President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1971-1991.
Captain medical corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Colonel Reserve; Fellow American Psychiatric Association (vice president 1967-1968, president 1983-1984, secretary 1969-1972, Distinguished Service award 1973, Seymour Vestermark award 1978, Agnes McGavin award 1978), American Association Mental Deficiency (Leadership award 1970). Member American Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Society, American Academy Child Psychiatry (president 1977-1979), Group for Advancement Psychiatry (president 1971-1973), Southern California Psychiatric Society, American College Psychiatrists.
Married Helen E. Blome, June 11, 1941. Children: Robert E., James E.