Henry Harcus Work

Background

Work, Henry Harcus was born on November 11, 1911 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Harcus and Jeannette (Harcus) Work.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1937.

Career

Intern, resident, Boston Children's Hospital, 1937-1940; Intern, resident, Emma P. Bradley Home Providence, 1940; Intern, resident, Buffalo Children's Hospital, 1940-1942; Intern, resident, New York Hospital, 1945-1947; psychiatric services adviser, chief, United States Children's Bureau, Washington, 1948-1949; associate professor pediatrics, U. Louisville, 1949-1955; member of faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1972; professor psychiatry public health, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-1972; chief professional services, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, 1972-1983; clinical professor, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome University of Health Sciences, U. Maryland., since 1973.

Achievements

• Henry Harcus Work has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • A guide to preventive child psychiatry: The art of parenthood

Membership

Served to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member Southern California Psychiatric Association (president 1966-1967), American Orthopsychiat. Association (vice president 1968-1969), American College Psychiatry (secretary-general 1979-1993), Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (president 1982-1985).

Connections

Married Virginia Codington, October 20, 1945 (deceased November 1991). Children— Henry Harcus III, David Codington, William Bruce, Stuart Runyon.

Father:

Henry Harcus Work

Mother:

Jeannette (Harcus) Work

Spouse:

Virginia Codington

child:

Henry Harcus III Work

child:

Stuart Runyon Work

child:

William Bruce Work

child:

David Codington Work