Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1902, Mar. 6 | Born, Vitebsk, Russia |
| 1907 | Immigrated to the United States and settled in Albany, N.Y. |
| 1919 | Naturalized United States citizen |
| 1925 | B.S., New York State College of Forestry, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1930 | M.D., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1930-1931 | Internship, General Hospital, Syracuse, New York |
| 1931-1932 | Psychiatric internship, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, New York, N.Y. |
| 1932-1933 | Joint fellowship in psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research and Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1933-1936 | Staff psychiatrist, Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, Ill. Psychiatrist, Illinois Department of Public Welfare, Division of Criminology |
| 1935-1940 | Trained in psychoanalysis under Franz Alexander and N. Lionel Blitzsten, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1936 | Married Frances Hannett |
| 1936-1939 | Chief of staff, Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1936-1942 | Assistant Professor of Criminology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois |
| 1939-1946 | Director of Psychiatric Services, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1941-1943 | Member, Advisory Commission, Department of Public Welfare, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1943-1944 | Member, Advisory Commission on Mental Hygiene, Illinois Bureau of Public Welfare Commissioners |
| 1946-1965 | Private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis with Frances Hannett Gitelson |
| 1953-1955 | Chairman, Board on Professional Standards, American Psychoanalytic Association |
| 1955-1956 | President, American Psychoanalytic Association Member, steering committee, Survey of Psychoanalytic Education |
| 1956-1965 | Director, Sigmund Freud Archives |
| 1959-1960 | President, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1961-1965 | President, International Psycho-Analytical Association |
| 1965, Feb. 3 | Died, Chicago, Illinois |