1943-1960, inclusive

Personal name, Whitehorn, John C.

John C. Whitehorn
6 Dec 1894-4 Oct 1973
John C. Whitehorn was born in Spencer, Nebraska. He received his A.B. in 1916 from Doane College and his M.D. in 1921 from Harvard University. For the next 17 years, Whitehorn was engaged in biochemical and physiological research at McLean Hospital in Waverly, Massachusetts. From 1935 until 1938, he served as a research fellow in psychiatry and then as an associate psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Whitehorn also served as instructor in psychiatry at Harvard University and as special instructor in social psychiatry at Simmons College from 1936 until 1938. From 1938 until 1941, Whitehorn held positions in St. Louis as professor of psychiatry at Washington University Medical School and as psychiatrist-in-chief at Barnes Hospital and Associated Hospitals. In 1941, he was recruited by Johns Hopkins and was appointed Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry and psychiatrist-in-chief. He held these posts until his retirement in 1960. After retiring he served on the Maryland State Board of Health and Hygiene, becoming chairman in 1967. Whitehorn worked to elevate the regard for psychiatry in medical schools, in private agencies, and among the public at large and was a strong advocate for mentally ill patients. His professional interests were in the area of patient and physician interaction, and he devoted studies to the nature of human communication, improvement of the psychiatric interview, and the function of empathy.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1941-1960

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

1990-097

1984-050

1983-062