Roy Wright Menninger

Background

Menninger, Roy Wright was born on October 27, 1926 in Topeka. Son of William Claire and Catharine (Wright) Menninger.

Education

AB, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1951. Doctor of Humane Letters, Ottawa University, Kansas, 1977.

Doctor of Letters, William Jewell College, Liberty Missouri, 1985.

Career

Intern, New York Hospital, 1951-1952; resident in psychiatry, Boston Eastern State Hospital, 1952-1953; resident in psychiatry, Boston Psychopathic Hospital, 1953-1956; from resident psychiatrist to associate medical psychiatrist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1956-1961; teaching and research fellow, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1956-1961; staff psychiatrist, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, 1961-1963; director department preventive psychiatry, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, 1963-1967; president, Chief Executive Officer, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, 1967-1993; chairman trustees, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, since 1991. Board directors Bank IV Topeka N.A., CML Corporation, The New England, United States Behavioral Health. Member Karl Menninger School Psychiatry, Topeka, since 1972, Indiana Sector, since 1990.

Clinical professor psychiatry U. Kansas Medical Center, Wichita, since 1977. Consultant Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka, since 1979.

Achievements

• Roy Wright Menninger has been listed as a noteworthy Medical foundation executive, psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member sponsoring committee Institute American Democracy, 1967-1970. Member advisory group Horizons '76 American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Advisory board, steering committee Topeka Institute Urban Affairs, 1967-1970.

Advisory board Highland Park-Pierce Neighborhood House, Topeka, 1967-1970. Board directors Shawnee council Campfire Girls, Topeka, 1962-1969, A.K. Rice Institute, Washington, Sex Information and Education Council United States, 1972-1973, member education committee, long range planning committee, 1972-1973. Board directors Goals for Topeka, Topeka Institute Urban Affairs, 1969-1974, vice president, 1973.

Medical advisory committee Veterans Administration Hospital, 1972-1978. Member Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration, 1971-1974. Trustee People-to-People, Kansas City, Missouri, 1967-1969, Baker University, 1968-1972, Midwest Research Institute, 1967-1986, 86—, member executive committee, 1970-1986.

Visiting lecturer Foreign Service Institute, State Department, 1963-1966. Chairman social issues committee Group Advancement Psychiatry, 1972-1982. Community advisory board Kansas Health Workers Union, 1968-1970.

Advisory committee to board directors New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1968-1970. With United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), Joint Information Service (executive committee), American College Psychiatry, American Orthopsychiat.

Association, American College Mental Health Administrators. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Northeastern Group Psychotherapy (honorary), Physicians Social Responsibility, Kansas Psychiatric Society, Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce (director).

Interests

• Avocations: stamp collecting, chamber music, microcomputers.

Connections

Married Beverly Joan Miller, March 4, 1973. Children: Heather, Ariel, Bonar, Eric, Brent, Frederick, Elizabeth.

Father:

William Claire Menninger

Mother:

Catharine (Wright) Menninger

Spouse:

Beverly Joan Miller

child:

Bonar Menninger

child:

Elizabeth Menninger

child:

Frederick Menninger

child:

Eric Menninger

child:

Ariel Menninger

child:

Brent Menninger

child:

Heather Menninger