Background
Skweir, Leon Arthur was born on October 14, 1936 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael Jeremiah and Victoria (Burkit) Skweir.
Skweir, Leon Arthur was born on October 14, 1936 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Michael Jeremiah and Victoria (Burkit) Skweir.
Bachelor of Science, Muhlenberg College, 1958; Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, 1963.
Intern, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1963-1964; resident, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, 1966-1969; partial hospital director, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, 1969-1977; associate professor psychiatry, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975-1984; psychiatrist, private practice, Philadelphia, 1970-1980; chief mental health unit, VA Clinic, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1979.
Captain United States Army, 1964-1966. Member American Medical Association, International Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychiatric Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Association, Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Association, Lehigh County Medical Association.
Married Elizabeth Ann Kielar, June 8, 1963.