Background
Ingraham, Merle Raymond was born on September 10, 1924 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Raymond C. and Blanche A. (Newcomb Ingraham.
Ingraham, Merle Raymond was born on September 10, 1924 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Raymond C. and Blanche A. (Newcomb Ingraham.
Student, Massachusetts State College (U. Massachusetts), 1942-1943; student, Princeton University, 1943-1945; Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1949.
Intern, Worcester (Massachusetts) City Hospital, 1949-1951;
private practice general medicine, psychiatry, Greenfield, 1953-1964;
resident, Worcester Eastern State Hospital, 1964-1965;
resident, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, 1965-1967;
senior psychiatrist, psychiatrist III, clinical director, Franklin County Mental Health Center, Greenfield, 1967-1979;
psychiatrist private practice, Greenfield, 1967-1983;
director, Franklin/Hampshire (Massachusetts) Community Mental Health Center, 1974-1975;
chief psychiatrist, Rutland-Gardner Unit: Worcester Eastern State Hospital, 1979-1981;
assistant professor psychiatry, geropsychiatrist, consulant, Medical Center U. Massachusetts, Worcester, 1979-1987;
private practice, Petersham, Massachusetts, since 1988. Member of staff Franklin County Public Hospital, Greenfield, 1953-1980, Farren Memorial Hospital, Montague, Massachusetts, 1953-1980, Northampton Eastern State Hospital, since 1969, Worcester Eastern State Hospital, since 1979, Medical Center U. Massachusetts, Worcester, since 1980, Medical Center Center Massachusetts, since 1983, Worcester City Hospital, since 1986. Instructor Franklin County Public Hospital, 1961-1963.
Consultant Greenfield Community College, 1973-1979, Linden Hill School, Northfield, 1965-1978, Baldwinville Nursing Home, 1982-1989, and others. Medical director North Center Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Gardner, since 1989.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1949-1952. Member American Psychiatric Association, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society.
Married Margaret Richardson, August 10, 1947 (divorced 1979). Children: Jaimye, Merlene, Colleen. Married Helen A. Doyle, August 18, 1984.