William Bradford Lawson

Background

Lawson, William Bradford was born on November 27, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Violet Serena (Roane) Lawson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Howard U., 1966; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. N.H., 1971; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1978.

Career

Assistant professor department psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1974; intern, resident, Stanford (California) U. Medical center, 1979-1982; clinical research fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, 1981-1984; assistant professor, University of California, Irvine, 1984-1986; assistant professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 1986-1991; associate professor, U. Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, since 1991. Chief chronic mentally ill, psychiatric service McClellan VA Medical Center, Little Rock. Director research Metropolitan Eastern State Hospital, Norwalk, California, 1984-1986.

Consultant Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1988-1991. Chief medical officer Tennessee Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1988-1991.

Achievements

• William Bradford Lawson has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Center Living and Learning, Nashville, 1991. Member American Civil Liberties Union (board directors 1990), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (board directors 1991), American Psychiatric Association (research county, commission on under-represented minorities), Collegium International Neuropsychopharmacologium (president-elect), Black Psychiatrists American (editor quarterly), Omega Psi Phi (Gold medal 1992, 93).

Connections

Married Rosemary Jackson, August 6, 1983. Children: Robert, Anthony.

Father:

Thomas Henry Lawson

Mother:

Violet Serena (Roane) Lawson

Spouse:

Rosemary Jackson

child:

Robert Lawson

child:

Anthony Lawson