Background
Weiss, James Moses Aaron was born on October 22, 1921 in St. Paul. Son of Louis Robert and Gertrude (Simon) Weiss.
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James Moses Aaron Weiss
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AB summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1941; Standard Chartered Bank, University of Minnesota, 1947; Bachelor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1950; Master in Public Health with high honors, Yale University, 1951.
Career
Teaching assistant psychology, St. Thomas College, St. Paul, 1941-1942;
intern, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Seattle, 1949-1950;
resident, fellow psychiatry, Yale Medical School, 1950-1953;
from instructor to assistant professor psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, 1954-1960;
member of faculty, U. Missouri, since 1959;
First Professor psychiatry, U. Missouri, since 1961;
founding department chairman, U. Missouri, 1960-1991;
professor community medicine, U. Missouri, since 1971;
university professor emeritus, U. Missouri, since 1991. Visiting professor Institute Criminology, Cambridge (England) University, 1968-1969, All-IndiaInst. Medical Sciences and University Malaya, 1984.
International consultant, since 1958. Founding co-chairman Asian-American Consortium on Psychiatric Disorders, since 1986. Kohler distinguished lecturer St. Saint Louis University, 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member advisory board Missouri Probation and Parole, 1st president, 1995-1997. Served with Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946, PTO. To captain Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1953-1954.
Foundation fellow Royal College Psychiatrists. Fellow Royal Society Medicine, American Psychiatric Association (life), American Public Health Association (life), American College Preventive Medicine (emeritus), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Psychiatrists (life), American Association Psychoanalytic Physicians (honorary). Member Association Military Surgeons United States (honorary life), Association Western Professors Psychiatry (chairman 1970-1971), Missouri Academy Psychiatry (1st president 1966-1967), Missouri Psychiatric Association (life, president 1987-1988), Association de Methodologie et Documentation en Psychiatrie, Military Order World Wars, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Psi Chi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Epsilon Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Clubs: Scholars (Cantab.). Wine Label (London); University (Columbia).
Connections
Married Bette Shapera, April 7, 1946. Children: Jenny Anne Weiss Ford, Jonathan James.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Decorated Philippine Liberation medal, 1945. Recipient Sir Henry Wellcome award, 1955, Israeli bronze medal, 1963, Basic Books award, 1974, Distinguished Service commendation National Council Community Mental Health Centers, 1982, 83, 86, Guhleman award for Clinical Excellence University Missouri, 1987, Honorary Achievement award U.Mo., 1991, Distinguished Service award VA, 1991. Named Chancellor's Emissary University Missouri, 1979, Alumnus Magnus award, St. Thomas University, 1992. Faculty fellow Inter-University Council, 1958, senior research fellow American Council Education and National Science Foundation, 1984.Decorated Philippine Liberation medal, 1945. Recipient Sir Henry Wellcome award, 1955, Israeli bronze medal, 1963, Basic Books award, 1974, Distinguished Service commendation National Council Community Mental Health Centers, 1982, 83, 86, Guhleman award for Clinical Excellence University Missouri, 1987, Honorary Achievement award U.Mo., 1991, Distinguished Service award VA, 1991. Named Chancellor's Emissary University Missouri, 1979, Alumnus Magnus award, St. Thomas University, 1992.
Faculty fellow Inter-University Council, 1958, senior research fellow American Council Education and National Science Foundation, 1984.