Background
Roessler, Robert Louis was born on September 2, 1921 in Neillsville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Otto and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Anna (Pirwitz) Roessler.
Roessler, Robert Louis was born on September 2, 1921 in Neillsville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Otto and Elizabeth Wilhelmina Anna (Pirwitz) Roessler.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, 1945.
Intern Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital, 1945-1946. Resident psychiatry Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, 1946-1948, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1948-1949. Instructor psychiatry University Rochester Medical School, 1949-1950.
Assistant professor psychiatry University Wisconsin Medical School, 1950-1952, associate professor, 1952-1960, professor, 1960-1964, chairman department, 1957-1961. Professor psychiatry Baylor College Medicine, from 1964.
Fellow American College Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Psychosomatic Society, Houston Psychiatric Society, Society Psychophysiol. Research (director 1966-1973, president 1971-1972), Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (president 1957-1958), Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Ramsdell, November 6, 1946 (divorced). Children– Ronald, Christina, Erich. Married Martha Dukes Yow, July 27, 1974.