Robert Edward Turner

Background

Turner, Robert Edward was born on June 8, 1926 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert William and Alice May (Johnson) Turner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors in Zoology and Chemistry, McMaster U., 1948; Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1952.

Career

Intern, Hamilton General Hospital, 1952-1953; resident, Bristol (England) Mental Hospitals Group, 1953-1955; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario director, Forensic Clinic Toronto Psychiatric Hospital, 1958-1966; senior psychiatrist forensic service, Clarke Institute Psychiatry, Toronto, 1966; chief forensic service, Clarke Institute Psychiatry, 1967-1969; medical director, Clarke Institute Psychiatry, 1969-1976; assistant professor department psychiatry, U. Toronto, 1964-1968; professor, U. Toronto, 1973-1977; professor forensic psychiatry, U. Toronto, 1977-1991; professor emeritus, U. Toronto, since 1991. Consultant in psychiatry Law Reform Commission Canada, 1972-1985. Staff psychiatrist, since 1987.

Director Metropolitan Toronto Forensic Service, 1977-1987. Honorary consultant Clarke Institute Psychiatry, since 1991.

Achievements

• Robert Edward Turner has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pedophilia and Exhibitionism: A Handbook

Membership

President Kenneth G. Gray Foundation, since 1971. Member legal task force Committee on Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome for Ontario, Ontario Council Health, 1978-1979. Deputy warden Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, 1978-1979, 92-94, rector's warden, 1994-1996.

Board directors Clinical Institute Addiction Research foun. Ontario, 1973-1986, chairman, 1985-1986. Board directors Addiction Research Foundation, 1982-1986.

Fellow Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada, American Psychiatric Association (life), Canada Psychiatric Association (life, board directors 1974-1977), Ontario Psychiatric Association (life, president 1975-1976), Canada Medical Association, Ontario Medical Association, Medical-Legal Society Toronto (county 1979-1982).

Connections

Married Gene Anne Stewart, September 27, 1952. Children: Margaret, John, Robert, Richard.

Father:

Robert William Turner

Mother:

Alice May (Johnson) Turner

Spouse:

Gene Anne Stewart

child:

Margaret Turner

child:

Richard Turner

child:

Robert Turner

child:

John Turner