James Weldon Maas

Background

Maas, James Weldon was born on October 26, 1929 in St. Louis. Son of James Werner and Agnes Pohlman (Weldon) Maas.

Education

AB, Washington U., 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Washington U., 1954.

Career

Section head, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1960-1965; professor psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 1966-1972; professor psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, 1972-1982; Hugo A Auler professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1976; Hugo A. Auler professor psychiatry and pharmacology, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1987-1995. Visiting scientist Cambridge, England.

Achievements

• James Weldon Maas has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Major United States Air Force, 1956-1958. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American College Neuropsychopharmacology, Davenport College, Yale University. Member Cosmos Club.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, fiction writing.

Connections

Married Joanne Henderson, December 23, 1953 (divorced 1972). 1 child, Elizabeth; married Marilyn S. Loren, October 18, 1972. Children: James W., Jonathan W.

Father:

James Werner Maas

Mother:

Agnes Pohlman (Weldon) Maas

Spouse:

Joanne Henderson

Spouse:

Marilyn S. Loren

child:

Elizabeth Maas

child:

Jonathan W. Maas

child:

James W. Maas