Background
Wetzel, Richard Denney was born on October 4, 1937 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Edmund Walter and Frances (Ellsworth) Wetzel.
Wetzel, Richard Denney was born on October 4, 1937 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Edmund Walter and Frances (Ellsworth) Wetzel.
Associate of Arts, Concordia Junior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1957; Bachelor, Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, 1959; Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, St. Saint Louis University, 1974.
Instructor psychology, Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Illinois, 1963-1964; coordinator, Suicide Prevention, Inc. of St. Louis, 1967-1968; intern in clinical psychology, Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, St. Louis, 1968-1969; member of faculty psychiatry, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1970; director psychology programs department psychiatry, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1976-1990; professor medical psychology, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1987; professor neurology, neurological surgery, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, since 1884; assistant director administration, department psychiatry, Jewish Hospital St. Louis, 1978-1986; consultant Lipid Research Center, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1976-1978; consultant Diabetes Research and Training Center, Washington University School Medicine, St. Louis, 1977-1979. Member counseling and adherence skills training committee Coronary Primary Prevention Trial, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, St. Louis, 1979-1982. Allied health professional Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Fellow American Psychopathol. Association; member American Psychological Association, Missouri Psychological Association, St. Louis Society Psychologists.
Married Arnola Reinitz, August 13, 1966. Children: James Denney, Robert Christopher.