Background
Giovacchini, Peter Louis was born on April 12, 1922 in New York City. Son of Alex and Therese (Chicca) Giovacchini.
Giovacchini, Peter Louis was born on April 12, 1922 in New York City. Son of Alex and Therese (Chicca) Giovacchini.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1941; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1944; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1939; certified, Chicago Institute Psychoanalysis, 1954.
Intern, Fordham Hospital, New York City, 1944-1945;
resident, University of Chicago Clinics, 1945-1946;
resident and research fellow, University of Chicago Clinics, 1948-1950;
candidate, Chicago Institute Psychoanalysis, 1949-1954;
clinical associate, Chicago Institute Psychoanalysis, since 1957;
clinical professor, University of Illinois College Medicine, 1961-1992;
professor emeritus, University of Illinois College Medicine, since 1992. Chief consultant psychodynamic unit Barclay Hospital, Chicago, 1979-1981. Consultant Wilmette (Illinois) Family Svc.
Center and United Charities, Boyer-Marin Lodge, Marin County, California, since 1986, Mario Martin Institute for Psychotherapy, since 1989, Psychoanalytic Center California, Los Angeles, since 1990. Visiting professor Smith College, Massachusetts. Training and supervising analyst Chicago Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, since 1994.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Fellow American Psychiatric Association, American Orthopsychiat. Association (board directors 1979-1983), American College Psychoanalysts.
Member American Society Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago Society Adolescent Psychiatry (president 1972-1973), International Psychoanalytic Society (chairman standing commission on research in psychosis since 1994), American Psychoanalytic Association, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society.
Married Louise Post, September 29, 1945. Children: Philip, Sandra, Daniel.