Background
Vickers, Raymond was born on February 21, 1927 in Eskdale, Cumbria, England. Son of Albert Johnson and Elizabeth Sim (Jackson) Vickers.
Vickers, Raymond was born on February 21, 1927 in Eskdale, Cumbria, England. Son of Albert Johnson and Elizabeth Sim (Jackson) Vickers.
B Surgery, B Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, Albany, 1982.
Team leader, Fort Logan Mental Health Center, Denver, 1964-1968;
chief geriatric unit, Capitol District Psychiatric Center, Albany, New York, 1968-1978;
associate commissioner, New York State Office Mental Health, Albany, 1978-1984;
research project director, Oxford (New York) Gerontology Center, 1984-1993;
clinical professor, East Carolina U. School Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, since 1993. Associate professor psychiatry Albany Medical College, 1968-1984. Associate professor family practice Upstate Medical College College Medicine, Binghamton, New York.
Pvt.practice lecturer, Greenville, North Carolina.
Chairman Citizens School Board, Albany, 1974. Secretary Eddy Foundation-Long Term Care, Troy, New York, 1985-1988. Fellow American Geriatric Society, Gerontol Society American, American Academy Family Practice.
Member American Association Geriatric Psychiatry (treasurer 1982-1984), Northeastern Gerontological Society (president 1988-1989), American Psychiatric Association.
Married Alice Barbara Chapman, May 24, 1952. Children: Adam J., Mark A., Jeremy M., ElizabethA.