Background
Motto, Rocco Louis was born on September 14, 1917 in Cleveland. Son of Louis George and Vincy Imelda (Trotto) Motto.
Motto, Rocco Louis was born on September 14, 1917 in Cleveland. Son of Louis George and Vincy Imelda (Trotto) Motto.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, Case-Western Reserve University, 1942. HHD (honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, 1970.
Director, Reiss Davis Child Study Center, Los Angeles, 1953-1976; program director, Graduate Center Child Development and Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, 1977-1982; dean, Graduate Center Child Development and Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, since 1982. Assistant clinical professor department psychiatry University of California at Los Angeles, 1952-1966. Visiting professor U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1976, U. Christchurch, New Zealand, 1976.
Chairman board of trustees Center Early Education, Los Angeles, 1968-1973. Captain United States Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American Psychoanalytic Association, American Orthopsychiat.
Association, Society California Psychiatric Association (president 1964-1965), Southern California Child Psychiatric Society (president 1953-1954).
Married Verna Jane Houck, July 30, 1944. Children: Richard L., Marilyn Jane Motto Henkelman.