Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913, May 3 | Born, Vienna, Austria |
| 1938 | Began psychoanalysis with August Aichhorn M.D., University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 1939-1940 | Lived in England |
| 1941 | Arrived in Chicago, Ill. |
| 1941-1981 | University of Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Ill.; assistant resident in neurology, 1941-1942; assistant in neurology, 1942-1943; instructor of neurology, 1943-1944; instructor in neurology and psychiatry, 1944-1947; took specialty boards as a neurologist, 1946; assistant professor of psychiatry, 1947-1950; took specialty boards as a psychiatrist, 1949; lecturer, School of Social Service Administration, 1952-1953; professorial lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, 1975-1981 |
| 1941 | Became naturalized citizen of the United States |
| 1945 | Married Elizabeth (“Betty”) Meyer |
| 1950 | Graduated in psychoanalysis, Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1955-1969 | Member, American Psychoanalytic Association; president, 1964-1965; editorial board, 1955-1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1969 |
| 1963-1964 | President, Chicago Psychoanalytic Society |
| 1965-1973 | Vice president, International Psychoanalytic Association |
| 1971 | Published Analysis of the Self: Systematic Approach to the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorders. New York: International Universities Press |
| 1972-1981 | Visiting professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; honorary doctorate, 1973 |
| 1973 | Symposium on History and Psychoanalysis held in Kohut’s honor, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1977 | Published Restoration of the Self. New York: International Universities Press Awarded Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class |
| 1979 | Recipient, William A. Schonfeld Award, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry Published "The Two Analyses of Mr. Z." International Journal of Psycho-Analysis 60, no. 1: 3-27. |
| 1981, Oct. 8 | Died, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1984 | Publication of How Does Analysis Cure? edited by Arnold Goldberg, with the collaboration of Paul Stepansky. Chicago: Chicago University Press |