John Douglas Griffin

Background

Griffin, John Douglas was born on June 3, 1906 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Herbert Spohn and Edith Moore (Robinson) Griffin.

Education

Student, Hamilton Collegiate Institute Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1929; Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1932; Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1933; postgraduate psychology, U. Toronto, 1932-1933; postgraduate, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, 1933; Rockefeller fellow postgraduate psychiatry, 1934-1936.

Career

Staff, National Committee Mental Hygiene (now Canadian Mental Health Association), 1936-1939; medical director, National Committee Mental Hygiene (now Canadian Mental Health Association), 1939-1941; general director, National Committee Mental Hygiene (now Canadian Mental Health Association), 1953-1972; assistant psychiatrist, Clinic Psychological Medicine, Hospital Sick Children, 1937-1941; consultant personnel development, Moore Corporation, Inc., 1945-1951; consultant mental health program, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1945-1956; special lecturer, School Social Work, U. Toronto, 1946-1956; member psychiatric panel, Defense Research Board, 1949-1957; member Canadian advising committee mental health to Federal Government, 1950-1970; member, Inter-American Council Psychiatric, 1967-1969; member, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1976-1982.

Achievements

• John Douglas Griffin has been listed as a noteworthy Association executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • In Search of Sanity: A Chronicle of the Canadian Mental Health Association 1918-1988

Membership

Served to colonel Medical Corps Canadian Army, 1941-1945. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (honorary life, county), Canadian Psychiatric Association (honorary, president 1967 68), Ontario Psychiatric Association (honorary), Royal College Physicians and Surgeons. Honorary fellow Toronto Academy Medicine.

Member Canada Medical Association (senior), Ontario Medical Association (life), Canadian College Family Practice (honorary).

Connections

Married Erica Maude Withrow, September 22, 1934. Children: Charles Peter Morecroft, John David Anthony. Married Barbara Mary Solandt, March 16, 1982.

Father:

Herbert Spohn Griffin

Mother:

Edith Moore (Robinson) Griffin

Spouse:

Erica Maude Withrow

Spouse:

Barbara Mary Solandt

child:

John David Anthony Griffin

child:

Charles Peter Morecroft Griffin