Background
Raeder, Oscar Jacob was born on April 10, 1886 in Saint Louis. Son of Oscar William and Augusta (Wetzel) Raeder.
Raeder, Oscar Jacob was born on April 10, 1886 in Saint Louis. Son of Oscar William and Augusta (Wetzel) Raeder.
Doctor of Medicine Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1908. Student neurology and psychiatry, Paris, France, 1920-1922.
July 8, 1927); 1 son, Jon (deceased). Married second, Mildred Munro Woodsum, April 11, 1929. Children—Anne Raeder Mendler, Elizabeth Johnson (deceased), Dorothy Raeder Vegotsky, William, James.
Intern Saint Louis City Hospitals, 1908-1910.
Surgeon, Missouri Pacific and Frisco Railroad Hospitals, 1910-1912. Resident physician and assistant superintendent Saint Louis City Sanitarium, 1912-1917.
Assistant pathologist Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases, 1917-1920. Practice medicine specializing in neuropsychiatry, after 1923.
Retired, 1969; instructor psychiatry Harvard Medical School 1925-1952.
Professor psychiatry in charge of department Boston University School of Medicine, 1934-1946, emeritus, 1946. Director Southard Clinic, Boston, 1943-1952. Examining psychiatrist to Suffolk County Probate Court, Boston, 1952-1969.
Consultant psychiatrist New England Deaconess Hospital.
Served as lieutenant commander medical United States Naval Reserve, 1934-1938. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association (secretary section on child psychiatry 1935-1947, chairman 1948), National Association for Mental Health, New England Society Psychiatry, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (president 1937), Boston Society Psychiatry and Neurology, Massachusetts Society Independent Republican. Mason.; Clubs: Boston University Faculty, Harvard (Boston).
Married Gladys L. Lowden, May 28, 1923 (deceased. Married second, Mildred Munro Woodsum, April. Children: Anne Raeder Mendler, Elizabeth Johnson (deceased), Dorothy Raeder Vegotsky, William, James.