Background
Gonda, Thomas Andrew was born on August 24, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Victor E. and Ossy (Kopp) Gonda. came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1929.
Gonda, Thomas Andrew was born on August 24, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Victor E. and Ossy (Kopp) Gonda. came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1929.
Student, University Chicago, 1939-1940; Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1942; Doctor of Medicine Stanford, 1945.
Intern, San Francisco Hospital, 1944-1945; resident, Langley Porter Clinic, San Francisco, 1948-1951; clinical director psychiatry, San Francisco Hospital, 1949-1951; chief neurology and psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital., San Francisco, 1951-1953; instructor psychiatry, Stanford University School Medicine, 1954-1955; assistant professor, Stanford University School Medicine, 1955-1958; associate professor, Stanford University School Medicine, 1958-1965; professor, Stanford University School Medicine, 1965-1987; Howard C. Robbins professor, Stanford University School Medicine, 1986-1987; acting executive, Stanford University School Medicine, 1955-1956, 58-61; associate dean, Stanford University School Medicine, 1967-1975; director, Stanford University Hospital, 1968-1974; medical director, Stanford University Medical Center, 1974-1975; department chairman psychiatry and behavioral science, Stanford University, 1975-1987. Visiting professor Institute Experimental Psychology and special National Institute of Mental Health research fellow University of Oxford, England, 1961-1962. Consultant VA, California Department Mental Hygiene, 1956-1987;chairman National Psychiatric Residency Advisory Board, 1968.
Member professional advisory board Foundation Thanatology, 1968-1987. Served to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life), American College Psychiatrists.
Member American Medical Association, California Medical Association.
Married Elizabeth Marie Chandler, July 3, 1944. Children– Paul Chandler, William Stuart, Lynn.