Background
Will,, Otto Allen was born on April 26, 1910 in Caldwell, Kansas, United States. Son of Otto August and Florence Sarah (Keeling) Will.
Will,, Otto Allen was born on April 26, 1910 in Caldwell, Kansas, United States. Son of Otto August and Florence Sarah (Keeling) Will.
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology with distinction, Stanford University, 1933. Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1940. Graduate, Washington School Psychiatry, 1950.
Graduate, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1953.
Intern Stanford Lane Hospitals, San Francisco, 1939—1940, assistant resident in pediatrics, 1940—1941, assistant resident in internal medicine, 1941—1942. Practice medicine specializing in psychiatry Washington, 1943—1967, Rockville, Maryland, 1947—1967, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1967—1978, San Francisco and Richmond, California, since 1978. Staff psychiatrist Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, 1947—1954, director psychotherapy, 1954—1967.
Member faculty Washington School Psychiatry, 1950—1967, trustee, since 1953. Member faculty Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1953—1967, training analyst, 1958—1967. Associate clinical professor department psychiatry University Maryland School Medicine, Baltimore, 1956—1964, clinical professor, 1964—1967.
Part-time lecturer department psychiatry Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1962—1967. Visiting professor department psychiatry University Chicago School Medicine, 1963—1964. Clinical professor department psychiatry Cornell University, New York City, 1967—1975.
Medical director Austen Riggs Center, Inc., Stockbridge, 1967—1978. Visiting professor department psychiatry University Cincinnati, 1972. Member faculty University Massachusetts School Medicine, Amherst, 1976—1978.
Clinical director adolescent and young adult section department psychiatry Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1978—1979. Private practice, since 1979. Trustee Austen Riggs Center, since 1967.
Lieutenant Commander Medical Corps United States Navy, 1942-1947.
Fellow: American Academy Psychoanalysis (life), American Psychiatric Association (life). Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Medical Society of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, American Psychosomatic Society, Northern California Psychiatric Society, William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society (honorary), International Psychoanalytic Association (life), American Psychoanalytic Association (life), Western Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (life), Washington Psychoanalytic Society (life), Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Beulah Parker Will, October 23, 1980. Children from previous marriage: Patrick Terence, Deirdre Gwen.