William Martin O'Brien

Background

O'Brien, William Martin was born on May 11, 1909 in St. Paul. Son of William J. and Mary E. (Hogan) O'B.

Education

Student, University Minnesota, 1929. Bachelor of Science, St. Louis University, 1931. Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, 1933.

Career

Intern St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis, Illinois, 1933-1934. Resident St. John's Hospital, St. Louis, 1936-1937. Practice medicine, specializing in psychiatry St. Paul, 1937-1941, 46-49.

Senior psychiatrist Patton (California) State Hospital, 1949-1954. Assistant superintendent, clinical director Mendocino (California) State Hospital, 1954-1957. Superintendent, medical director Modesto (California) State Hospital, 1957-1969, DeWitt State Hospital, 1970-1971.

Medical director Atascadero (California) State Hospital, 1971-1972, Patton State Hospital, since 1973. Preceptor School Hospital Administration Washington University, St. Louis. Clinical instructor psychiatry Medical School, College Medical Evangelist.

President San Bernardino Mental Health Society.

Achievements

• William Martin O"Brien has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist, hospital administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors United Crusade. Served as colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Psychiatric Association.

Member Central California Psychiatric Society.

Connections

Married Irma Helen Paulsen, November 30, 1940. Children– Tamra Diane (Mistress David E. Kessler), Mieke Lynne (Mistress Jackson E. Bray), Holly Noel (Mistress Andrew Meyers), William Martin.

Father:

William J. O'B.

Mother:

Mary E. (Hogan) O'B.

Spouse:

Irma Helen Paulsen

child:

William Martin O'Brien

child:

Holly Noel O'Brien (Mistress Andrew Meyers)

child:

Mieke Lynne O'Brien (Mistress Jackson E. Bray)

child:

Tamra Diane O'Brien (Mistress David E. Kessler)