Putnam, Marian C. (Marian Cabot), 1893-1971

Putnam (1893-1972) (Johns Hopkins University, M.D. 1921) worked in the Children's Hospital in Boston, Mass. from 1923 to 1925, and then served as an intern for two years at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1927 to 1930 she was a research associate in the Yale Clinic of Child Development where she studied early behavior and development of infants. In 1930 she became assistant professor of Psychiatry and Mental Hygiene at the Yale School of Medicine, where she contributed to the field of child psychiatry. In 1940 she returned to Boston where she served as psychiatrist at the Judge Baker Guidance Center until 1941. From 1943 to 1954 she was co-director of the James Jackson Putnam Children's Center; she later served on the Center's Board of Trustees as president.

From the description of Papers of Marian C. Putnam, 1908-1970 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281439065