Background
Bellak, Leopold was born on June 22, 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1943.
psychiatrist Psychoanalyst psychologist
Bellak, Leopold was born on June 22, 1916 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1943.
Student, Vienna Medical School, 1938. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1939. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1942.
Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1944. Doctor of Honoris Causa, University Paris XIII, 1995.
Intern, resident, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, 1944-1946;
practice medicine specializing in psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Larchmont, New York, since 1946;
clinical professor psychology postdoctoral training program, New York University, since 1965. Visiting professor psychiatry George Washington University, 1970-1976. Visiting professor education and psychology Teachers College, Columbia University, 1965-1969.
Clinical professor psychiatry Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1971-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Consultant United States Military Academy West Point, Mental Health Association Westchester County, since 1966. Principal investigator, project director National Institute of Mental Health grants, since 1951.
Advisory board Guidance Center, New Rochelle, New York, since 1960.
Served with Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, American Psychological Association (award for distinguished professional contributions to knowledge 1992), American Orthopsychiat. Association, Royal Society Medicine.
Member of New York Society Projective Techniques (president 1952-1956), Society Projective Techniques (president 1957-1958), Rorschach Institute, Westchester Psychoanalytic Society (president 1962), Sigma Xi.
Son of Siegfried and Marie (Weiler) B. Divorced; children by previous marriage– Karola, Katrina.