Background
Kafka, John Simon was born on May 2, 1921 in Linz, Austria. Son of Egon and Clara (Braunschweig) Kafka. came to the United States, 1940.
Kafka, John Simon was born on May 2, 1921 in Linz, Austria. Son of Egon and Clara (Braunschweig) Kafka. came to the United States, 1940.
Bachelor, Roosevelt University, 1944. Master of Science, University Chicago, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, 1953.
Rotating internship, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1953-1954; resident, Yale University, 1954-1957; fellow in psychiatry, United States Public Health Service Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Maryland., 1957-1958; staff psychiatrist, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1958-1967; instructor to teaching analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1967-1973; supervising and training analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1973-1992; president, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1983-1985; chairman education committee, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1992-1995; psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, private practice clinical professor psychiatry, behavioral science, George Washington University School Medicine private practice psychiatry and psychoanalysis. From instructor to clinical professor George Washington University, Washington, since 1973.
Served United States Army, 1944-1946. Member International Psychoanalytical Association (Vice-President 1989-1993, chairman, co-chair committee for Eastern Europe since 1989), The Cosmos Club.
Married Marian Adele Stern, October 3, 1952. Children: David Egon, Paul Henry, Alexander Charles.