Background
Pratt, George K. was born on December 17, 1891 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Oscar (Doctor of Medicine and Alice Elizabeth (Beedzler) P.
Pratt, George K. was born on December 17, 1891 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Oscar (Doctor of Medicine and Alice Elizabeth (Beedzler) P.
Doctor of Medicine Detroit College Medicine and Surgery, 1915. Graduate study, State Psychopathic Hospital, University of Michigan, 1917.
Assistant physician Oak Grove Hospital, Flint, Michigan, 1915-1920. Captain United States Army Medical Corps, Neuro-Psychiatric Division, 1917-1919. In private practice and assistant health officer, Flint, 1920-1921.
Medical director Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene, 1921-1925.
Also in out-patient department Boston Psychopathic Hospital, 1921-1925. Lecturer in mental hygiene, Smith College, 1923-1925.
Assistant medical director National Committee for Mental Hygiene, New York, 1925-1933. Medical director Mental Hygiene Committee New York, State Charities Aid Association, 1930-1935, and Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, 1936-1942.
Consultant mental hygiene, University of Vermont, 1925-1929.
Graduate study psychoanalytic therapy, Europe, 1926. Member of faculty New School for Social Research, New York City, 1930-1933, and Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences. Consultant in psychiatry, Saint Christopher’s School, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1932-1936 and since 1942.
Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and mental hygiene, School of Medicine, Yale, 1936-1943.
Psychiatric director Stamford Child Guidance Service, also Bridgeport Mental Hygiene Clinic, 1936-1947. Instructor Mental Hygiene, New Haven State Teachers College, 1939-1942.
National chairman mental hygiene, Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1926-1934. Chairman technical advisory committee Emergency Work Bureau, New York City, 1933.
Consultant in psychiatry Medical Advisory Board Northern 5, Fairfield County, Selective Service System.
Psychiatric examiner, Induction Center, New Haven, 1943-1946. Associate neuro-psychiatrist, Bridgeport Hospital. Medical director Hall-Brooke Sanitarium, 1948-1954.
Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association, also Royal Medico-Psychological Association Great Britain, Connecticut State and Fairfield County medical societies Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Neva Emma MacArthur, December 30, 1916. Children: Shirley Jane (Mistress Carleton West. Clark), Rodney George, Douglas MacArthur.