Irvin Alan Kraft

Background

Kraft, Irvin Alan was born on November 20, 1921 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1949.

Career

Chief psychiatry, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, 1958-1965; professor mental health, University Texas School Public Health, Houston, 1975-1991; emeritus professor mental health, University Texas, Houston, since 1991; associate clinical professor pediatrics, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1977; clinical professor psychiatry, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1977; clinical professor psychiatry, University Texas School Medicine, Houston clinical professor psychiatry, University Texas School Medicine, Galveston. Medical director Texas Institute Family Psychiatry, Houston, 1964-1979. Director Houston Heart Association, 1969-1970.

Medical director Adult Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, Houston, 1982-1985. Chairman subcommittee Mental Health Needs Council, Houston, 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Irvin Alan Kraft has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member drug prevention committee High School for Health Professions, Houston, 1989-1990. Member Texas House Republican Committee on Education, 1974. Fellow American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (life), American Group Psychotherapy Association (life), American Academy Psychoanalysis (life), American Psychiatric Association (life), Houston Group Psychotherapy Society (life), Southwestern Group Psychotherapy Society (life), Houston Psychiatric Society (life), Texas Society Psychiatric Physicians (life), Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (life), American Orthopsychiatry Association (life).

Connections

Married Shirley Goldin, July 4, 1951. Children: Karen Kraft Pennebaker, Joanna Kraft Katz, Elizabeth Kraft Schmachtenberger, Mark.

Spouse:

Shirley Goldin

child:

Elizabeth Kraft Schmachtenberger Kraft

child:

Mark Kraft

child:

Joanna Kraft Katz Kraft

child:

Karen Kraft Pennebaker Kraft