Background
Bowman, Karl Murdock was born on November 4, 1888 in Topeka. Son of Homer Caleb and Isabelle Susanna (Murdock) Bowman.
Bowman, Karl Murdock was born on November 4, 1888 in Topeka. Son of Homer Caleb and Isabelle Susanna (Murdock) Bowman.
Bachelor of Arts, Washburn College, 1909, Doctor of Science, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, University California at Berkeley, 1913, Doctor of Laws, also Doctor J. Elliott Royer award, 1964.
; children—Richard Stearns, Thomas Elliot, Murdock Stearns, Walter Murdock. Married second, Anna Lowrey, July 18, 1959. Intern Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, 1913, Seton Hospital, New York City, 1914, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1915, Bloomingdale Hospital, White Plains, New York, 1915-1917, 19-21.
Chief medical officer Boston Psychopathic Hospital, 1921-1936.
Assistant professor psychiatry Harvard Medical School, 1921-1936. Director division psychiatry Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1936-1941.
Professor psychiatry New York University College Medicine, 1936-1941. Professor psychiatry University of California School Medicine, San Francisco, 1941-1956, professor emeritus, 1956-1973, medical superintendent Langley Porter Clinic, San Francisco, 1941-1956.
Visiting professor U. Philippines College Medicine, 1954-1955.
Director division mental health for Alaska, also superintendent Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, 1964-1967. Sent to China by World Health Organization to assist government China in setting up National Psychiatric Institute, Nanking, 1947. Consultant United States Public Health Service, Office Surgeon General, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Air Force, Virginia.
Member committee neuropsychiatry National Research Council, 1944-1947.
Director California Sexual Deviation Research, 1950-1954. Member of national health advising committee United States Public Health Service, 1948-1950.
Member professional advising committee Office Vocational Rehabilitation, 1944-1950. Trustee National Committee Mental Hygiene, 1944-1947.
Member of advisory board psychiatry American Red Cross, 1938-1950.
Member committee neuropsychiatry National Research Council, 1944-1947. Member of national health advising committee United States Public Health Service, 1948-1950. Member professional advising committee Office Vocational Rehabilitation, 1944-1950.
Member of advisory board psychiatry American Red Cross, 1938-1950.
Served as captain, Medical Corps, United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life fellow, president 1944-1946), Physician Philippines (honorary), American College Psychiatrists.
Member California, San Francisco medical societies, New York, Massachusetts psychiatric societies, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology (secretary-treasurer 1933-1936), New England Society Psychiatry, Association Research Nervous and Mental Disease (1st vice president 1938, 41), Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Eliza Abbott Stearns, August 18, 1916 (deceased. Married second, Anna Lowrey, July 18, 1959. Children: Richard Stearns, Thomas Elliot, Murdock Stearns, Walter Murdock.