Background
Deckert, Gordon Harmon was born on May 18, 1930 in Freeman, South Dakot. Son of Herbert A. and Olivia Blanch (Graber) Deckert.
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Gordon Harmon Deckert
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Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine Northwestern University, 1955; Honorary Doctor of Science, Albany Medical College, 1980; Honorary Doctor of Science, Georgetown University, 1982.
Career
Intern, Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1955-1956;
fellow in medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1956-1957;
resident in psychiatry, U. Oklahoma Hospital, 1959-1962;
clinical assistant to assistant professor, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, 1959-1969;
professor psychiatry, department chairman psychiatry and behavioral science, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, 1969-1987;
David Ross Boyd Distinguished professor, U. Oklahoma College Medicine, since 1983;
chief staff, U. Oklahoma Hospitals, 1970-1972;
chairman psychiatry test committee, National Board Medical Examiners, 1973-1978;
chairman interpersonal skills advisory committee, National Board Medical Examiners, 1974-1984;
chairman FLEX Component I Committee, National Board Medical Examiners, 1983-1990;
member at large, National Board Medical Examiners, 1979-1996. Chairman United States medical licensed exam step 3, 1991-1996. Distinguished Alumni professor Northwestern University, 1978.
National lecturer.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman public health policy committee Oklahoma Board Health, 1993-1996, president since 1996. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American College Psychiatrists. Member American Association of University Professors, Assn.Am.
Medical Colls., Association Academy Psychiatry (founding), American Medical Association, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Peggy Jane Chew, June6, 1951. Children: Chet, Carl.
