Background
Herkner-Ballance, Mildred Luella was born on June 21, 1915 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Oswald and Elsie (Rickerd) Herkner.
Herkner-Ballance, Mildred Luella was born on June 21, 1915 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Oswald and Elsie (Rickerd) Herkner.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1940.
Intern, Cleveland (Ohio) City Hospital, 1940-1941; pediatric resident, Children's Hospital Michigan, Detroit, 1941-1942; Herman Kiefer senior resident in contagious diseases, Children's Hospital Michigan, Detroit, 1942-1943; clinical instructor pediatrics, Bob Roberts Hospital, University of Chicago, 1943-1944; private practice pediatrics,, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1944-1950; private practice pediatrics,, Traverse City, 1951-1966; resident in adult psychiatry, Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Center, 1966-1968; resident in child psychiatry, Hawthorn Center, Northville, Michigan, 1968-1970; senior staff psychiatrist, Hawthorn Center, Northville, Michigan, 1973-1981; clinical director, Arnell Engstrom Children's Center, Traverse City, 1970-1973; consultant in psychiatry, Maple Clinic, Traverse City, since 1985. Psychiatric consultant Walled Lake (Michigan) Schools, 1974-1983, Sarah Fisher Home, Detroit, 1973-1983. Clinical instructor University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1975-1981.
President organizing committee Young Men’s Christian Association, Traverse City, 1963, president, 1967-1968. Regional speaker for drug education Probate Court, Northern Michigan, 1974. Spokesperson for committee to save Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital, 1988.
Fellow American Academy Child Psychiatry (councillor Michigan regional chapter 1983-1987). Member Michigan Medical Society, Michigan Psychiatric Society.
Married L. Charles Ballance, June 19, 1940. Children: Lee Charles, Stephen James, Ann Elizabeth, Robert Alan.