Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 18, 2005|Volume 33, Number 22

Noted child psychiatrist will deliver
inaugural Albert J. Solnit Lecture

The first Albert J. Solnit endowed lecture will be delivered by Dr. John E. Schowalter, the Albert J. Solnit Emeritus Professor of Child Psychiatry, on Monday, March 21, at 4 p.m. in the Donald J. Cohen Auditorium of the Child Study Center, 230 South Frontage Rd.

A reception will follow the talk in Harkness Lounge, 367 Cedar St. The event is free and open to the public, but those planning to attend should call (203) 785-5759.

Schowalter's lecture, "Care Giving, Care Taking and Career Building," will draw from his experience as director of training at the Child Study Center 1969-1996, his work as interim director of the center in 2001, as well as his national leadership roles in determining standards for training and certification in adult and child psychiatry.

Schowalter is known for his many publications on adolescence, pediatric consultation, thanatology, pets and humor. His clinical practice specialized in adolescents and college students. He has served as president of numerous organizations and professional certification boards.

Dr. Albert J. Solnit (1919-2002) was director of the Child Study Center 1966-1983 and was named Sterling Professor in 1970. He was a child psychiatrist, pediatrician and psychoanalyst who fostered collaborative work in pediatrics and developmental research with abused and neglected children. He was commissioner of mental health and addiction services for the State of Connecticut 1991-2000.

An internationally renowned adult and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Solnit remained active in his clinical, scholarly and teaching roles until his death in 2002 at age 82. He was managing editor of the journal The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child for 20 years and coordinator of the Muriel Gardiner Program in Psychoanalysis and the Humanities.

Future lectures will reflect Solnit's scholarly work, which included psychiatry and the law, advocacy for children and families, pediatric consultation, the creative process, and the clinical developmental study of the human life cycle.

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