Background
Staples, Herman David was born on April 22, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David and Rose (Wilson) Staples.
Staples, Herman David was born on April 22, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David and Rose (Wilson) Staples.
Bachelor, LaSalle University, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, 1943.
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, 1943; resident, Virginia Psychiatric Residency Training Program, Philadelphia and Coatesville, Pennsylvania, 1946-1949; Director, Lancaster Guidance Clinic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1949-1956; staff psychiatrist, Media Clinic, Media, Pennsylvania, 1949-1982; staff psychiatrist, Bryn Mawr College Child Study Center, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1956-1973; psychiatrist, Providence Medical Center, Media, since 1983; medical advisor psychiatry, Department Health & Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, since 1984. Clinical associate professor Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, since 1974. President American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, Dallas, 1972-1973.
Board directors Mental Health Asn. Southeast Pennsylvania, Phila, 1952-1968. Captain Medical corpus, United States army, 1944-1946, PTO. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life).
Member American Psychoanalytic Association, Association for Child Psychoanalysis (chair arrangements since 1974), World Association for Infant Psychiatry (secretary-general 1980-1986), International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (coordinator for North America since 1982), International Society Adolescent Psychiatry (treasurer 1985-1988, vice president since 1988).
Married Mary Edith Dimmer, June 14, 1942. Children: Laura Staples Shuster, Lee.