Dr. John Joseph SCHWABAge: 87 years1923–2010
- Name
- Dr. John Joseph SCHWAB
- Name prefix
- Dr.
- Given names
- John Joseph
- Surname
- SCHWAB
- Hebrew
- ג'ון ג'וסף שוואב
| Birth | 1923 (5683) Greenup, Kentucky, USA - גרינאפ, ארה"ב |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist Address: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
401 E. Chestnut St., Ste. 600,
Louisville, Kentucky 40202,
USA Employer: University of Louisville Phone: + 1 (502) 588-4870 Fax: + 1 (502) 588-4427 Note: Dr. Schwab lived as a child in Greenup, KY, attended Ashland Community College, the University of Kentucky and graduated from medical school a the University of Louisville in 1946. He trained in internal medicine, served in the Army as a physician and subsequently practiced as an internist at the Holzer Hospital and Clinics in Gallipolis, OH. He then obtained further specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Combining both fields in his practice and writings, he was widely considered to be an authority in psychosomatic medicine. In 1974, Sr. Schwab was recruited by the University of Louisville as chairman of the department of psychiatry, a position he held until 1991. During that time he made a number of important contributions to the state of Kentucky, including tripling the number of faculty members in the department of psychiatry, facilitating the growth of mental health services and playing an instrumental role in developing a statewide network of community mental health centers. He maintained an active career in social psychiatric research, which relates the emergence and course of psychiatric disorders to social factors. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?n=john-joseph-schwab&pid=144072615#sthash.1yY0lmnK.dpuf |
| Death | June 27, 2010 (Tamuz 15, 5770) (Age 87 years) New Haven, Connecticut, USA - ניו הייבן, ארה"ב |
| Occupation | Dr. Schwab lived as a child in Greenup, KY, attended Ashland Community College, the University of Kentucky and graduated from medical school a the University of Louisville in 1946. He trained in internal medicine, served in the Army as a physician and subsequently practiced as an internist at the Holzer Hospital and Clinics in Gallipolis, OH. He then obtained further specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Combining both fields in his practice and writings, he was widely considered to be an authority in psychosomatic medicine. In 1974, Sr. Schwab was recruited by the University of Louisville as chairman of the department of psychiatry, a position he held until 1991. During that time he made a number of important contributions to the state of Kentucky, including tripling the number of faculty members in the department of psychiatry, facilitating the growth of mental health services and playing an instrumental role in developing a statewide network of community mental health centers. He maintained an active career in social psychiatric research, which relates the emergence and course of psychiatric disorders to social factors. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?n=john-joseph-schwab&pid=144072615#sthash.1yY0lmnK.dpuf |
| Death | John Joseph Schwab M.D. - Obituary
SCHWAB, JOHN JOSEPH MD, 87, died June 27, 2010 in New Haven, CT.
Dr. Schwab lived as a child in Greenup, KY, attended Ashland Community College, the University of Kentucky and graduated from medical school a the University of Louisville in 1946. He trained in internal medicine, served in the Army as a physician and subsequently practiced as an internist at the Holzer Hospital and Clinics in Gallipolis, OH. He then obtained further specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Combining both fields in his practice and writings, he was widely considered to be an authority in psychosomatic medicine. In 1974, Sr. Schwab was recruited by the University of Louisville as chairman of the department of psychiatry, a position he held until 1991. During that time he made a number of important contributions to the state of Kentucky, including tripling the number of faculty members in the department of psychiatry, facilitating the growth of mental health services and playing an instrumental role in developing a statewide network of community mental health centers. He maintained an active career in social psychiatric research, which relates the emergence and course of psychiatric disorders to social factors.
He wrote extensively in that field, as well as on the interface between physical and psychiatric disorders. Of particular note is his landmark book, "The Handbook of Psychiatric Consultation." Dr. Schwab is survived by his wife, Ruby B. Schwab; a daughter, Dr. Mary Schwab Stone (Professor A. Douglas Stone); grandsons, John and William Stone; brothers, Dr. J. Matthew Schwab (Marie) and family and Joseph Schwab and family; and sisters, Mrs. Mary Maitland DeLand (Frank) and family and Mrs. Eleanor Alice Kates (Robert, deceased) and family.
Service: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Frances of Rome Catholic Church, 2119 Payne St. (at Clifton Avenue), with private burial to follow. Visitation: 10 a.m. preceding the service at the church. Arrangements: Pearson's Funeral Home.
Published in The Courier-Journal from July 14 to July 16, 2010
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