Background
Rankin, Robert Avran Michael was born on January 19, 1937 in Lake Village, Arkansas, United States. Son of James R. and Geraldine (Minsky) Rankin.
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Robert Avran Michael Rankin
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Bachelor of Arts, University Arkansas, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, University Tennessee, 1963; Master of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
Career
Intern, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago resident, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, 1968-1969; resident in psychiatry, Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, 1967-1968; health officer, superintendent public welfare, City Long Beach, California, 1973-1975; chief mental health, City Berkeley, California, 1975-1976; chief mental health, San Mateo County, California, 1976-1978; commissioner mental health, State Arkansas, Little Rock, 1978-1980; chief day treatment center, Fort Miley VA Med Center, San Francisco, since 1980; associate professor psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, since 1981. Consultant National Institute of Mental Health.
Achievements
Membership
President Synagogue, San Francisco. Member Commission Social Action of Reform Judaism. Served to captain M.C United States Naval Reserve, since 1981.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association. Member Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Psychiatric Society, Association Military Physicians and Surgeons, VA Physicians Association.
Connections
Married Terressa Stallworth, August, 1965 (divorced 1967).
