Background
Beckett, Peter Gordon Stewart was born on October 11, 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Gerald Paul Gordon and Margaret Robinson (Collen) Beckett.
Beckett, Peter Gordon Stewart was born on October 11, 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Gerald Paul Gordon and Margaret Robinson (Collen) Beckett.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin, 1943, Bachelor of Medicine, 1945, Doctor of Medicine 1960.
1 son, Paul T. Intern, Dublin, 1946, London, 1948, Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey, 1949-1950. Fellow in psychiatry, assistant to staff Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1950-1955. Staff psychiatrist, chief adult inpatient service Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, 1955-1960 research director, 1960-1969, chief adolescent service, 1962-1969, assistant director, 1960-1969.
Professor psychiatry Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1969.
Chairman, academic professor psychiatry Trinity College, U. Dublin, 1969-1974, dean faculty of medicine Veterinary and Dental Schools, 1972-1974, member university council and board, 1972-1974, fellow, 1972. Consultant psychiatrist Saint Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin, 1969-1974.
Chief professorial unit psychiatry Saint James’s Hospital, Dublin, 1969-1974. Member central council, medical committee Federated Dublin Volunteer Hospitals, 1972-1974.
Member of committee for consultant selection, postgraduate education council Medical Social and Research Board, 1972-1974. Member Detroit Youth Commission, 1966-1969. Served as captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1946-1948.
Diplomate American Board Psychiatry and Neurology (examiner, 1962-1974).
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (national commission on research 1965), American College Psychiatry, Royal College Psychiatry, Royal College Physicians Ireland. Member of the American Medical Association, British, Irish medical associations.
Married Victoria Ling, January 9, 1954.