Background
Ordway, John Amos was born on January 31, 1920 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of George Theodore and Eliza Brookhouse (Perkins) Ordway.
Ordway, John Amos was born on January 31, 1920 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of George Theodore and Eliza Brookhouse (Perkins) Ordway.
AB, Harvard University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1951.
From instructor to associate professor, Cincinnati Medical School, 1954-1971;
attending psychiatrist, Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, 1955-1971;
attending psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Cincinnati, 1955-1966;
member consultant staff, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1970;
senior attending physician emeritus, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, since 1971;
chief department Psychiatry, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1973-1980;
president, Ordway Professional Association, Bangor, since 1970. Lecturer in psychology U. Cincinnati, 1954-1955, U. Maine, Orono, 1979. Founding director Municipal Court Clinic Cincinnati, 1956-1962.
Special consultant Presidential Commission Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1968-1969. Director Mental Health Cincinnati Dept.Health, Cincinnati, 1969-1971. Consultant, clinician Federal Bureau Prisons, Washington, 1965-1969, Maine State Prison, Thomaston, 1978-1980.
Consultant, lecturer Rollman Eastern State Hospital, Cincinnati, 1965-1969.
Member Commission on Discharge of Firearms City of Bangor, 1990. Medical advisory State of Maine Division of Motor Vehicles. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1941-1946.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life, deputy 1955), American College Psychiatry. Member American Medical Association, American Psychoanalytic Association.
Married Janet Marie Eddy. Children: John Junior, Wendy Carr, Sarah Peabody McAdams, Abi Marsh, Susan Eddy.