Background
Eaton, Merrill Thomas was born on June 25, 1920 in Howard County, Indiana, United States. Son of Merrill Thomas and Dorothy (Whiteman) Eaton.
Eaton, Merrill Thomas was born on June 25, 1920 in Howard County, Indiana, United States. Son of Merrill Thomas and Dorothy (Whiteman) Eaton.
AB, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1944.
Intern, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, 1944-1945; resident, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland., 1948-1949; private practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Kansas City, Kansas, 1949-1960; private practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Omaha, since 1960; director, Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, 1968-1985; associate in psychiatry, Kansas U. School Medicine, 1949-1950; assistant professor, Kansas U. School Medicine, 1951-1954; associate professor, Kansas U. School Medicine, 1954-1960; associate professor psychiatry, U. Nebraska College Medicine, 1960-1963; professor, U. Nebraska College Medicine, 1963-1988; professor emeritus, U. Nebraska College Medicine, since 1989; department chairman psychiatry, U. Nebraska College Medicine, 1968-1985; psychiatrist, Immanuel Mental Health Center, 1986-1988; private practice consultant, Omaha, since 1989.
Served to captain United States Army, 1945-1947. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association. Member Group for Advancement Psychiatry (Chairman of Commission on mental health services 1970-1973, chairman publication board 1976-1983, consultant public board since 1983, board directors 1984-1986), Nebraska Medical Association, Nebraska Psychiatric Society (president 1973-1975). M C.
Married Louise Foster, December 23, 1942. Children: Deirdre Ann, Thomas Anthony, David Foster.