Background
King, Peter D. was born on February 20, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph DeWitt and Jane Munn (Spear) King.
educator psychiatrist real estate developer
King, Peter D. was born on February 20, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph DeWitt and Jane Munn (Spear) King.
Bachelor with special honors, University of Chicago, 1950; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Southern California Psychoanal. Institute, 1967.
Research associate hematology, University of Chicago (Illinois) Clinics, 1951-1954;
resident in psychiatry, Warren (Pennsylvania) Eastern State Hospital, 1955-1958;
clinical director, director research, Madison (Indiana) Eastern State Hospital, 1958-1959;
United States Public Health Service fellow in child psychiatry, Reiss-Davis Child Center, Los Angeles, 1959-1961;
assistant professor psychiatry and behavioral science, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1961-1967;
clinical professor psychiatry and behavioral science, University of Southern California School Medicine, Los Angeles, California, since 1967;
president, King Development Corporation, Encino, California, 1978-1998;
private practice psychiatry, Encino, 1962-1996;
private practice psychiatry, Sherman Oaks, California, since 1996;
staff psychiatrist, California Department Corrections, since 1996. Founder Coagulation Laboratory, University of Chicago (Illinois) Clinics, 1952-1954. Founder Mental Health Clinic, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1958.
Medical director Madre de Vida Institute, Tarzana, California, 1962. Consultant on immunology Euvita/Eudyna, Los Angeles, 1994-1995, founder Formula 2001, 1994-1995.
Corporal United States Army Air Force, 1945-1947. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Academy Psychoanalysis, American Group Psychotherapy Association. Member American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization of Women, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute (chair faculty selection 1993-1996, Franz Alexander prize), Council for a Livable World.
Married Harriet Virginia Morse, December 16, 1950 (divorced September 1968). Children: Katherine V. Wangsgard, Dana Hutchins, Kevin Allison. Married Patricia Hopson, January 1, 1969 (divorced April 1972).
Married Simone Misook Cho, October 25, 1974. 1 child, Carol Denise.