Walter Kitt

Background

Kitt, Walter was born on December 18, 1925 in New York City. Son of Elias and Mary (Opiela) Kitt.

Education

Student, City College of New York, 1942-1944; AB magna cum laude, Syracuse University, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, 1952.

Career

Resident, Neuropsychiat. Institute, Chicago, 1953-1956; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Chicago, 1956-1964; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Munster, Indiana, 1963-1980; psychiatrist, Lakeside VA Medical Center, Chicago, 1981-1992; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1992-1996; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Schaumburg, Illinois, 1996-1997; acting chief psychiatric services, Lakeside VA Medical Center, Chicago, 1986-1987; retired,, 1998. Assistant professor clinical psychiatry University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, 1958-1964, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1974-1996.

Chairman division psychiatry Our Lady of MercyHosp., Dyer, Indiana, 1970-1972.

Achievements

• Walter Kitt has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Psychiatric Association.

Connections

Married Terry Escorcia, May 15, 1955 (deceased 1974). 1 child, Gregory; married Sally Anderson Chappell, June 22, 1977.

Father:

Elias Kitt

Mother:

Mary (Opiela) Kitt

Spouse:

Sally Anderson Chappell

Spouse:

Terry Escorcia

child:

Gregory Kitt