Background
Parker, Joseph B. was born on July 8, 1916 in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph B. and Sue (York) Parker.
Parker, Joseph B. was born on July 8, 1916 in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph B. and Sue (York) Parker.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1939; Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1941.
Intern, Knoxville General Hospital, 1941-1942; resident, Duke U. Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, 1946-1948; resident in psychiatry, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, 1944-1945; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Durham, 1948-1949, 53-59; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Memphis, 1949-1953; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Lexington, Kentucky, 1959-1970; instructor psychiatry, Duke U., 1948-1949; associate professor, Duke U., 1953-1959; associate professor psychiatry, director, Child Guidance Clinic U. Tennessee College Medicine, 1949-1953; chief psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital., Durham, 1953-1959; professor, department chairman psychiatry, U. Kentucky Medical Center, 1959-1969; professor psychiatry, Duke Medical Center, 1970-1983; professor emeritus, Duke Medical Center, since 1983. Visiting faculty U. Pittsburgh, 1967, Harvard, 1968-1969. Consultant United States Public Health Service Hospital, VAHosp., Lexington.
Member professor advising committee Cerebral Palsy. Member professor advising committee Junior League Opportunity Workshop. Member Governor Kentucky Advisory Council Mental Health, since 1962, Governor Kentucky Manpower Commission, since 1963.
Executive Committee, trustee Central Kentucky Mental Health Board. Member North Carolina Retirement Board, since 1996. Lieutenant commander, Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (consultant continuing education project since 1971), American College Psychiatrists, Southern Psychiatric Association (regent, president 1972), Kentucky Psychiatric Association (past president). Member American Psychopath. Association, Society Biological Psychiatry, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Chi, Delta Phi Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Phyllis Maxine Foster, May 25, 1946. Children: Suzanna Margaret, Joseph B. III.