James Nicol Hood

Background

Hood, James Nicol was born on September 19, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of Louis Charles and Frances Helen (Kinsman) Hood.

Education

AB, Washington University, 1952; Philosophy Doctor, Washington University, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1959; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1965.

Career

Intern, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1959-1960; resident in psychiatry, Brentwood Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1960-1961; resident in psychiatry, Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, 1961-1962; resident in psychiatry, Los Angeles Child Guidance Center, 1962-1963; director mental health, Huboldt County, Eureka, California, 1965-1966; regional. administrator, State of California, Los Angeles, 1966-1973; private practice, Los Angeles, 1973-1981; private practice, Oxnard, California, since 1984; psychiatrist, Kaiser-Permanente, Los Angeles, 1981-1982; associate director student health, California State University, Northridge, 1982-1984. Assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, 1965-1983.

Achievements

• James Nicol Hood has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ventura County Medical Society, California Medical Society, Cardinal Flying Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Claudia Chapline, December 22, 1955 (divorced 1974). Children: Craig, Randall. Married Elinor BlakeLevinson, September 8, 1979.

Children: Gregory, Jeffrey.

Father:

Louis Charles Hood

Mother:

Frances Helen (Kinsman) Hood

Spouse:

Claudia Chapline

Spouse:

Elinor BlakeLevinson

child:

Jeffrey Hood

child:

Gregory Hood

child:

Randall Hood

child:

Craig Hood