Glueck, Bernard, 1883-

Bernard Glueck was born in Poland in 1884 and moved with his family to Gary, Indiana in 1901. He graduated from Georgetown Medical School in 1908. He worked at Ellis Island from 1912-1916 as a public health doctor and examined immigrants. In 1917, he started the first psychiatric clinic at a U.S. prison at Sing Sing. He joined the army in 1918. Following WW I, he started a private practice in New York City and also taught at the New School for Social Research. In 1927, Dr. Glueck started a private psychiatric hospital called Stony Lodge in Ossining, New York. He retired in 1946 and turned control of the hospital over to his son, Bernard C. Glueck. He moved to North Carolina and did teaching and consulting work. Dr. Glueck died in 1972.

From the guide to the Bernard Glueck papers, 1917-1972, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)

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