Background
Cummings, Nicholas Andrew was born on July 25, 1924 in Salinas, California, United States. Son of Andrew and Urania (Sims) Cummings.
Cummings, Nicholas Andrew was born on July 25, 1924 in Salinas, California, United States. Son of Andrew and Urania (Sims) Cummings.
Cummings first attended the University of California at Berkeley, receiving a bachelor"s degree in psychology, before moving to for his master"s and Adelphi University for a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Chief psychologist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, 1959-1976;
president, Found Behavioral Health, San Francisco, since 1976;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, American Biodyne, Inc., San Francisco, 1985-1993;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Kendron International, Ltd., Reno, Nevada, 1992-1995;
chairman, Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation, Reno, since 1994;
chairman, president, United Kingdom Behavioural Health, Ltd., London, 1996-1998;
Distinguished professor, U. Nevada, since 1997;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, DynaMed Integrated Care, Inc., since 1998. Co-director South San Francisco Health Center, 1959-1975. President California School Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Fresno campuses, 1969-1976.
Chairman of the Board California Cmty. Mental Health Centers, Inc., Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, 1975-1977. President Blue Psi, Inc., San Francisco, 1972-1980, Institute for Psychosocial Interaction, 1980-1984.
Member mental healthadv. board City and County San Francisco, 1968-1975. Board directors San Francisco Association Mental Health, 1965-1975. President, Chairman of the Board Psycho-Social Institute, 1972-1980.
Director Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, 1979-1980. President National Acads. of Practice, 1981-1993.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Psychological Association (director) 1975-1981, president 1979). Member California Psychological Association (president 1968).
Married Dorothy Mills, February 5, 1948. Children: Janet Lynn, Andrew Mark.