Background
Gritter, Gordon William was born on April 26, 1927 in Falmouth, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Jeanette Remerie (Schoolland) Gritter.
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Gordon William Gritter
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AB, Calvin College, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, Boston University, 1955.
Career
Intern, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1955-1956; resident and senior resident, Langley Porter Neuropsychiat. Institute, San Francisco, 1956-1961; staff psychiatrist, San Francisco (California) General Hospital, 1961-1962; private practice, San Francisco, 1962-1973; chief psychiatrist, Shiawassee County Mental Health, Owosso, Michigan, 1973-1976; consultant psychiatrist, Wellington (New Zealand) Hospital Board, 1976-1979; associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979-1982; staff psychiatrist, Atascadero (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1982-1984; clinical and medical director, Atascadero (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1984-1996; RET., 1996. Clinical assistant and associate professor University of California, San Francisco, 1965-1973, 1984-1996.
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Membership
Lay reader, senior warden, standing committee, deputy Episcopal Church, California andMich., since 1962. First lieutenant United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life).
Member American Medical Association, American Academy Psychiatry andLaw, Physicians for Social Responsibility, International Physicians for Prevention Nuclear War (Nobel Peace prize 1985), World Psychiatric Association.
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Married Willa Kenoyer, April 8, 1961 (divorced 1977). Children: John W., Judith A., Jeanette D., JamesL. Married Dianne N. Long, June 20, 1981.
Children: Stacy K., Curtis D.
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American