Background
Gergen, John Andrew was born on August 7, 1932 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Jay and Aubigna (Lermond) Gergen.
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John Andrew Gergen
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Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Yale University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1957.
Career
National Paraplegia Foundation fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1955-1957;
intern, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1957-1958;
assistant resident in neurology, instructor physiology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1959;
instructor USDA Graduate School, Foundation Advanced Education in Sciences, Inc., Bethesda, 1961-1962;
member of faculty, Bowman Gray School Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1962-1970;
resident in psychiatry, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1971;
assistant professor department psychiatry, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1971-1972;
associate professor psychiatry, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1972-1974;
private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1977-1986. Medical examiner Durham County, North Carolina, 1969-1972. Consultant psychiatrist DurhamCounty Community Mental Health Center, 1971-1972, Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1974, Kentucky Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Frankfort, 1977-1980.
Program director Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome Merced County, Kings View Community Superior vena cava syndrome, California, 1974-1975. Deputy commissioner Bureau Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Kentucky Department Human Resources, 1975-1977, medical director Employee Assistance Svc., 1978-1979. Acting director division community and social psychiatry, U. Louisville, 1978-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Senior assistant surgeon, research associate United States Public Health Service, 1959-1962. Member American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association (committee private practice 1982-1988), Illinois Psychiatric Society, New York Academy Sciences, Society Experimental Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Jacqueline Dunn. Children: Elizabeth Kennedy Wechsler, Peter, James Kennedy, Mark, Susan Horne, James, Michael, Stephanie Kerr, Constance.
- Father:
- John Jay Gergen
- Mother:
- Aubigna (Lermond) Gergen
- Spouse:
- Jacqueline Dunn
- child:
- Elizabeth Kennedy Wechsler Gergen
- child:
- James Kennedy Gergen
- child:
- Constance Gergen
- child:
- Stephanie Kerr Gergen
- child:
- James Gergen
- child:
- Susan Horne Gergen
- child:
- Mark Gergen
- child:
- Michael Gergen
- child:
- Peter Gergen
