Judd marble

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Judd Marmor (born May 2, 1910 in London , † December 16, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American psychiatrist .

Life

Marble was born in London in 1910 and moved to the United States with his family as a child. After graduating from high school, marble studied at Columbia University in New York City and graduated in medicine in 1933. Marble served in the US Navy during World War II . After the war, Marmor moved to Los Angeles in 1946 , where he worked as a psychiatrist. Marble began working with Evelyn Hooker on the subject of homosexuality in the 1960s . In 1965 he wrote the book Sexual Inversion . Evelyn Hooker wrote a chapter of the book. As an author, he wrote seven other books in his life.

Marmor took part in a research project on homosexuality that was funded by the US National Institute of Mental Health . In 1974 he was elected President of the American Psychiatric Association . Marble served as director of psychiatry at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was also a professor in psychiatry at the University of Southern California .

Marble was married to Katherine Marble, who died in 1999. They had a son.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ psychiatryonline.org: Pioneering Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst Judd Marmor Dies at Age 93. Ken Hausmann ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pn.psychiatryonline.org
  2. ^ Rosario VA, 2003, An Interview with Judd Marmor , MD. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, Volume 7: pp. 23-34
  3. ↑ a b c d The New York Times: Dr. Judd Marmor, 93, Dies; Led Change in View of Gays
  4. ↑ Elaine Woo , December 20, 2003, Judd Marmor, 93; Helped End Classification of Gays as Ill , Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ American Psychiatric Association: List of APA Presidents
  6. ^ R. Green, 2004, In Memoriam: Judd Marmor, MD. Archives of Sexual Behavior , Issue 33, Number 4 / August 2004, pages 327–328
personal data
SURNAME Marble, Judd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 2003
Place of death Los Angeles , California