Background
Gibson, Robert W. was born on December 22, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Brown and Charlotte Sophia (Wagner) Gibson.
Gibson, Robert W. was born on December 22, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Brown and Charlotte Sophia (Wagner) Gibson.
Graduate, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1960.
Intern, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1948-1949;
resident, Veterans Administration Hospital., Coatesville, Pennsylvania
resident, Hospital University of Pennsylvania
resident, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
resident, Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Ma.
clinical administrator, Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Ma., 1953-1960;
training and suprg. Analyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, since 1965;
training and suprg. Analyst, American Psychoanalytic Association, since 1965;
director clinical services, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, 1960-1963;
medical director, chief Executive officer, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, 1963-1982;
president, chief Executive officer, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, 1982-1991;
president emeritus, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, since 1992;
president, chief Executive officer, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System, Inc., Towson.
Numerous teaching positions including assistant professor John Hopkins University Medical School, since 1967. Consultant in field.
(Excerpt from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1...)
Served on numerous state and federal commissions and conferences Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1952, United States Naval Reserve 1952-1963. Fellow American Academy Psychoanalysis, American College Psychoanalysts, American College Psychiatrists, Association Mental Hospital Administrators, American College Mental Heatlh Administration, American Psychiatric Association, Association Mental Health Administrator. Member American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Maryland, Baltimore County Medical Association, Washington Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Baltimore-District of Columbia Society for Psychoanalysis (life), American Psychoanalytic Association, International Psychoanalytical Association, Maryland Psychiatric Society (life), Southern Psychiatric Association, American College Hospital Administrators, American Association Psychiatric Administrators (president 1987), World Federation Mental Health.
Married Gwendolyn Gertrude Locke, June 16, 1945 (divorced June 1982). Children: Robert W. Junior, Christopher L., Peggy Ellen. Married Diane Underwood, July 1, 1982.