Background
Bender, Lauretta was born on August 9, 1897 in Butte, Montana, United States. Daughter of John Oscar and Katherine Parr (Irvine) Bender.
Bender, Lauretta was born on August 9, 1897 in Butte, Montana, United States. Daughter of John Oscar and Katherine Parr (Irvine) Bender.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1922; Master of Arts in Pathology, University of Chicago, 1923; Doctor of Medicine, State University Iowa, 1926.
Intern, resident in neurology, Billings Hospital, University of Chicago, 1927-1928;
psychiatric resident, Boston Psychopathic Hospital, 1928-1929;
research associate, Phipps Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1929-1930;
senior psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1930-1956;
charge children's service, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1934-1956;
with, New York University, 1930-1958;
professor clinical psychiatry, New York University, 1951-1958;
senior consultant VA training program, New York University, 1940-1958;
psychiatric consultant children, New Jersey State Neuropsychiat. Institute, 1954;
attending psychiatrist, New Jersey State Neuropsychiat. Institute, 1969-1973;
consultant child psychiatry, New York State Department Mental Hygiene, 1956-1967;
director research child psychiatry, Creedmor Eastern State Hospital, 1959-1967;
attending psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1969-1974;
clinical professor psychiatry, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1959-1962;
clinical professor psychiatry, U. Maryland.
School Medicine, 1975-1987. Consultant Childrens Guild Inc.
Served on various civic organization committees for child welfare. Member American Psychiatric Association (Agnes Purcell McGavin award 1969), American Neurological Association, American Orthopsychiat. Association, American Psychopath.
Association, Academy Child Psychiatry, American Association for Mental Deficiency.
Married Paul Ferdinand Schilder, 1936 (deceased December 1940). Children: Michael, Peter, Jane. Married Henry B. Parkes, 1967 (deceased January 1972).