Background
Dermott, John Francis Mc was born on December 12, 1929 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of John Francis and Camilla R. (Cavanaugh) McDermott.
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John Francis Mc Dermott
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Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1951; Doctor of Medicine New York Medical College, 1955.
Career
Intern, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1955-1956;
resident in psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1956-1958;
resident in child psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1960-1962;
practice medicine, specializing in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, Honolulu, 1969-1995;
instructor, assistant professor, associate professor psychiatry, University of Michigan School Medicine, 1962-1969;
professor, department chairman psychiatry, U. Hawaii School Medicine, 1969-1995;
professor emeritus, U. Hawaii School Medicine, since 1995;
scholar-in-residence, Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy, 1985, 92. Chairman of Commission certified in child psychiatry American Board Psychiatry and Neurology, 1974-1978, board directors, 1983-1991, chairman Research and Development committee, 1985-1991. Senior visiting scientist department experimental psychology Oxford (England) University, 1993.
Visiting professor numerous universities. Consultant numerous mental health clinics and organizations. Visiting fellow Institute of Criminology Cambridge U., England, 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Navy, 1958-1960. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life, Agnes Purcell McGavin award 1998), American Orthopsychiat. Association, American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (life), American College Psychiatrists, Pacific Rim College Psychiatrists, World Psychiatric Association (chairman child and adolescent psychiatry 1977-1989).
Member Outrigger Canoe Club, Cosmos Club, Chaine Des Rotisseurs Club.
Connections
Married Sarah N. Schemm, December 27, 1958. Children: Elizabeth C., John Francis III.
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Nationality
American