Background
Turner, William Joseph was born on September 22, 1907 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Moore and Phoebe Emma (Smith) Turner.
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William Joseph Turner
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Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1927; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1933.
Career
Rotating intern, Harriburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1933-1934; assistant resident pathology, Baltimore City Hospital, 1934-1935; assistant resident medicine, Billings Hospital, University of Chicago, 1935-1936; staff physician, Cresson Tuberculosis Hospital, Cresson, Pennsylvania, 1936-1937; staff psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., N. Little Rock, Arkansas, 1937-1940; psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1940-1941; psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Northport, New York, 1941-1950; research psychiatrist, Center Islip Eastern State Hospital, Center Islip, New York, 1954-1976; research psychiatrist, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1976-1982; professor emeritus psychiatry, 1982-1990; retired professor emeritus psychiatry, U. New Mexico Medical School, since 1992. Medical director Dreyfus Medical Foundation, New York City, 1964-1968, consultant, since 1966.
Achievements
Membership
President, various positions Suffolk County District branch American Psychiatric Association, 1960-1992. Chairman of Commission for liaison with lay groups South Carolina.D.P. Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life).
Member American Medical Association (life), American College Neuropsychopharmacology (life), American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science, American Chemical Society, Society Biological Psychiatry.
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Connections
Married Kathryn Morrow, August 12, 1925 (divorced May 1959). Children: William Morrow, James Quigly.
