Background
Myers, Jacob Martin was born on August 16, 1919 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Martin and Winifred Mabel (Kendall) Myers.
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Jacob Martin Myers
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AB, Princeton University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1943.
Career
Intern in internal medicine, Memorial Hospitals, Boston, 1944; resident in psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1944-1948; senior assistant resident in psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1948-1950; chief resident in psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1950-1951; associate in psychiatry, from assistant professor to professor psychiatry, School Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1951-1970; professor psychiatry, School Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1977; clinical professor psychiatry, School Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1985; professor emeritus, School Medicine University of Pennsylvania, since 1985; emeritus psychiatrist-in-chief, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1985. Member ethics committee Pennsylvania Hospital, 1983-1994, honorary member professional staff, since 1988. Consultant healthcare finance administration United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1985-1990.
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Membership
Member Citizens Commission Philadelphia Task Force, 1980-1981. Member committee on ministry Presbytery of Philadelphia, 1981-1986, 96—, member committee on candidates, 1987-1993, member Zubrow lectureship committee, 1988-1997. Trustee Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1993-1995.
Fellow American College of Physicians (life), American Psychiatric Association, American College Psychiatrists (president 1971-1972, Bowis award 1974), Philadelphia Psychiatric Society (president 1968), Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society, College Physicians Philadelphia. Member American Medical Association, American Psychopath. Association, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (president 1964), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
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Married Marjorie Ann Grand Girard. Children: Carol Ann, Susan Jean.
