Background
Shelton, William Robert was born on May 12, 1920 in Marysville, Ohio, United States. Son of Claude and Leila (Lee) Shelton.
Shelton, William Robert was born on May 12, 1920 in Marysville, Ohio, United States. Son of Claude and Leila (Lee) Shelton.
Bachelor, Doctor of Medicine, Ohio State University, 1945.
Rotating intern, Maumee Valley Hospital, Toledo, 1945-1946;
resident in psychiatry, Cushing Veterinary's Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1948-1950;
member of staff, Bedford (Massachusetts) Veterinary's Hospital, 1950-1951;
member of staff, Ring Sanatorium, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1951-1952;
member of staff, Veterinary's Clinic, Boston, 1952-1957;
fellow in child psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1957-1958;
assistant in psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1959-1980;
fellow in child psychiatry, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1958-1959;
clinical assistant in psychiatry, Medical School Harvard College, Boston, 1960-1980;
private practice, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1988;
private practice, Watertown, Massachusetts, since 1992. Consultant Beaverbrook Child Guidance Clinic, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1957-1960. Chief consultant Spaulding Youth Center, Tilton, N.H., 1958-1963, Waltham (Massachusetts)Juvenile Court, 1959-1960.
Director Cambridge Juvenile Court Clinic, 1960-1972. Past member of staff, now emeritus, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, since 1958. Endower Shelton lectures Harvard Medical School, since 1994.
With United States Army, 1946-1948. Member American Psychiatric Association, Massachusetts Medical Association.
Married Jean McGuire, June 25, 1945 (divorced October 1980). Children: Robert, Susan, Barry, Sharon, Roger. Married Marion Lesley Morgan, October 13, 1990.