Leslie Benjamin Hohman Papers, 1945-1970

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Summary

Creator:
Hohman, Leslie Benjamin
Abstract:
Leslie Benjamin Hohman (1891-1972) was a professor of psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine from 1946 until 1960, later serving as professor emeritus. He also held the position of director of the Child Guidance Clinic in Durham, North Carolina from 1946 to 1953; maintained time in private practice in psychiatry; and acted as consultant to the Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration, United States Army, and United States Navy. This collection contains personal and professional correspondence Hohman related to his time as a professor of psychiatry at Duke University. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center, the Duke Department of Psychiatry, psychiatric practice, and people with disabilities. Materials range in date from 1945 to 1970.
Extent:
6 Linear Feet (4 cartons)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0066

Background

Scope and content:

Contains personal and professional correspondence of Leslie B. Hohman related to his time as a professor of psychiatry at Duke University. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center, the Duke Department of Psychiatry, psychiatric practice, and people with disabilities. Materials date from 1945 to 1970.

Biographical / historical:

Leslie Hohman was born in Columbia, Ohio, in 1891 to Lee and Hennie Hohman. He received degrees from University of Missouri (AB, 1912) and Johns Hopkins University, (MD, 1917). He also attended graduate school at the University of Vienna in 1924. Hohman's psychiatric training and residency was completed at the Phipps Clinic of Johns Hopkins University Hospital (1917-1922). Following his formal training, Hohman served at Johns Hopkins Medical School as an instructor in psychiatry (1920-1922), associate in psychiatry (1922-1943), and assistant professor (1943-1946).
Hohman joined Duke University in 1946 as a professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine. Hohman also held the position of director of the Child Guidance Clinic in Durham, North Carolina, from 1946 to 1953. He retired from the department in 1960 and served as professor emeritus. Throughout his career, he also maintained time in private practice in psychiatry and acted as consultant to the Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration, United States Army, and United States Navy. He served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during WWI (1917-1919) and Commander, M.C. in the U.S. Navy during WWII (1943-1946).
Hohman was a member and past president of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and the American Psychopathological Association. He was also a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Neurological Association, North Carolina Medical Association, Southern Medical Associations, and Southern Psychiatric Association. He authored "As the Twig Is Bent" (1939) and contributed to "Current Diagnosis: a Biennial Volume of Clinical Diagnostic Methods and Evaluations."
Hohman died on January 28, 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown: circa 1972
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: May 2005; encoded by Emily Glenn: May 2005

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Correspondence, 1945-1970.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.
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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Leslie Hohman Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.