Background
Menninger, William Claire was born on October 15, 1899 in Topeka. Son of Charles Fredrick and Flora (Knisely) Menninger.
foundation executive psychiatrist
Menninger, William Claire was born on October 15, 1899 in Topeka. Son of Charles Fredrick and Flora (Knisely) Menninger.
Bachelor of Arts, Washburn College (now Washburn Municipal U.), 1919, Doctor of Science, 1949. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1922. Doctor of Medicine Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1924.
Doctor of Literature, Missouri Valley College, 1951, Saint Benedict’s College, 1963.
Doctor of Science, Woman’s Medical College Pennsylvania, 1955. Doctor of Laws, Adelphi College, Kansas State University, 1962.
Intern in medical and surgical Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1924-1926. Post-graduate training in psychiatry, Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, 1927. With Menninger Clinic, Topeka, since 1925, psychiatrist, since 1927.
President Menninger Foundation.
Professor psychiatry Menninger School of Psychiatry. Member courtesy staff Stormont-Vail Hospitals, since 1926.
Member courtesy staff Stormont-Vail Hospitals, since 1926. Member national Executive Board Boy Scouts American, since 1935. Member Group for Advancement of Psychiatry.
Member expert advisory panel World Health Organization, 1949-1950.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army, 1918. Fellow American College of Physicians (regent 1958-1964, 1st vice president 1964-1965), American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association (chairman coordination commission on community aspects of psychiatry 1951-1958, past president), American Orthopsychiat.
Association, American Psychopathic Association, American Psychoanalytic Association (past president), Central Neuropsychiatric Association (past president), Central Neuropsychiatric Hospital Association (past president), Association Military Surgeons, Association for Advancement Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, American Philatelic Society, Alpha Omega Alpha, and other organizations Mason.; Clubs: University (Chicago).
Member editorial board Bulletin of Menninger Clinic, National Parent-Teacher, Parents Magazine, and others
Married Catharine Wright, December 11, 1925. Children: Roy Wright, Philip Bratton, William Walter.