Benjamin Spock

:"Dr. Spock" redirects here. For the Star Trek character, see Mr. Spock.

Life

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Spock was expected by his parents to help with the care of his five younger siblings. Spock received his undergraduate medical education from Yale University, where he became a member of Scroll and Key and was a rower. As member of the American eight crew, he won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, rowing an all-Yale eight, along with James Stillman Rockefeller, with whom he shared a Scroll and Key membership in common.

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New Haven, Connecticut - Yale University - Scroll and Key - Rower - 1924 Summer Olympics - James Stillman Rockefeller

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Dr. Spock attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where he graduated first in his class in 1929. He did residency training in pediatrics at Cornell Medical College in Manhattan and then in psychiatry at Cornell's Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic.

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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - 1929 - Pediatrics - Cornell Medical College - Psychiatry - Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic

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During World War II, he served a psychiatrist in the U.S. Navy Reserve Medical Corps, ending with the rank of lieutenant commander.

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World War II - Psychiatrist - U.S. Navy Reserve

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Spock died at his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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