Lyman Carroll C. Wynne

Background

Wynne, Lyman Carroll was born on September 17, 1923 in Lake Benton, Minnesota, United States. Son of Nels Wind and Ella C. (Pultz) Wynne.

Education

War certificate, Harvard, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology, Harvard, 1958.

Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Oulu University, Finland, 1989.

Career

His early research helped lay the foundation for family-based therapies, influencing others such as R. Doctorate. Laing. He made a number of discoveries about the interaction of genetics and the environment in the development of schizophrenia, working with adopted twins. Wynne was born into an impoverished but intellectual Danish family in a Southern Minnesota village.

His mother died of uterine cancer when he was 11 years old, inspiring him to become a medical researcher

He served as president of the American Family Therapy Academy in 1986 and 1987. Wynne chaired the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry from 1971 to 1977, and then served as professor of psychiatry until his retirement to emeritus status in 1998.

During the 1950s and 1960s, as a researcher and an official at the National Institute of Mental Health, Wynne pioneered new approaches to mental illness, especially schizophrenia. “At a time when families of patients with schizophrenia were neglected by medical professionals, Wynne devoted his career to understanding them.

He knew first hand about the devastating impact of mental illness upon families, losing a beloved sister to suicide early in his career.

The experiences of his family fueled his determination to improve our treatment of schizophrenia, and gave him a deep empathy for those who are suffering.”.

Achievements

• Lyman Carroll Wynne has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Language of Family Therapy: A Systemic Vocabulary and Source Book (Family Process Press Series)

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  • Language of Family Therapy: A Systemic Vocabulary and Source Book (Family Process Press Series) by Fritz B. Simon, Helm Stierlin, Lyman C. Wynne (1985) Paperback

Membership

Chairman AAMFT Research & Education Foundation, 1992-1994. Medical director United States Public Health Service, 1961-1972. Member National Research Council, 1969-1972.

Fellow: American Academy Psychoanalysis, American Psychiatric Association (life). Member: Society for Research in Psychopathology, National Council for Family Relations, Association for Clinical Psychosocial Research (council 1984-1991), American Psychoanalytic Association, American Association for Marriage and Family therapy (board directors 1992-1994), American Family Therapy Academy (president 1986-1987), American College Psychoanalysts, Western New York Psychoanalytic Society 1986-1987, Psychiatric Research Society.

Connections

Married Adele Rogerson, December 22, 1947. Children: Christine, Randall, Sara, Barry, Jonathan.

Father:

Nels Wind Wynne

Mother:

Ella C. (Pultz) Wynne

Spouse:

Adele Rogerson

child:

Jonathan Wynne

child:

Randall Wynne

child:

Sara Wynne

child:

Christine Wynne

child:

Barry Wynne