Ransom James Arthur

Background

Arthur, Ransom James was born on December 5, 1925 in New York City. Son of Ransom James and Barbara Remick Arthur.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1947; M.D. cum laude, Harvard University, 1951.

Career

Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1951-1952; teaching fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1951-1954; resident in pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1952-1954; resident in psychiatry, Queens Hospital, Honolulu, 1954-1955; commissioned lt, United States Navy, 1958; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1968; resident, United States Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland., 1957-1960; commanding officer, United States Naval Medical Neuropsychiat. Reserve Unit, San Diego, 1963-1974; professor psychiatry, associate dean School Medicine director, Neuropsychiat. Institute Hospital and Clinics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974-1979; dean, School Medicine, U. Oregon, Portland, 1979-1983; professor, University of California at Los Angeles, from 1983; chief of staff, Brentwood Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, from 1983.

Consultant Founder Masters' Swimming, 1970, national chairman, 1970-1972, national chairman goals and objectives, from 1972.

Achievements

• Ransom James Arthur has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • An introduction to social psychiatry

Membership

Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American College Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association, Royal Society Medicine, American Medical Association (Physicians Recognition award), Association American Medical Colls., Association Military Surgeons, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Frances Nickolls, December 18, 1954. Children: Jane, Shelley.

Father:

Ransom James

Mother:

Barbara Remick Arthur

Spouse:

Frances Nickolls

child:

Shelley Arthur

child:

Jane Arthur