Background
Graves, James Henry was born on September 29, 1924 in Herrin, Illinois, United States. Son of James Henry and Anna Joyce (Keaster) Graves.
Graves, James Henry was born on September 29, 1924 in Herrin, Illinois, United States. Son of James Henry and Anna Joyce (Keaster) Graves.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1946. Bachelor of Medicine, Northwestern University. Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1949.
Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1950.
Intern Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1949—1950. Resident in psychiatry United States Air Force Medical Corporation, 1950—1953. Chief women's division Ypsilanti State Hospital, 1953—1955.
Chief male service-psychiatry Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1955—1958, director psychiatry, 1958—1964. Medical director Oakland County Community Mental Health Services Board, 1985—1990. Clinical associate professor psychiatry Wayne State University College Medicine, Detroit, since 1963, Michigan State University, since 1985.
Practice medicine specializing in psychiatry Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1954—1955, Detroit, 1955—1985, Franklin Village, 1985—1988, Grosse Pointe Farms, since 1988. Commissioner mental health State of Michigan, 1959—1963. Chairman Public Policy Task Force on Mental Health, 1983—1984.
Member Medical Advisory Committee to President Kennedy, 1960—1961, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Detroit, since 1983. President Oakland County Interagency Council on Children and Youth, since 1987. Board directors Comprehensive Health Planning Council Southeastern Michigan, Alliance Mental Health Services.
Captain United States Air Force, 1950-1953.
Fellow: American Public Health Association, American Psychiatric Association (life). Member: American Medical Association, Michigan Psychiatric Society (councillor 1960-1963, vice president 1984-1985, president 1986-1987), Wayne County Medical Society, Michigan State Medical Society, American Orthopsychiat. Association, Cajal Club (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Married Helen A. Mataya, June 26, 1949 (divorced June 1984). Married Karolyn Sue Frederick, September 19, 1988. Children: Christina Adrienne, James Willis, John David Nicholas.