William P. Wilson Oral History Interviews, 2010-2010

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Summary

Creator:
Wilson, William P.
Abstract:
William P. Wilson (1922-2018) was a Professor of Psychiatry and director of the electroencephalographic laboratories at Duke University Medical Center, as well as the founder and original program director of Duke's program for Christianity, medicine, and psychiatry. This collection contains 2 oral history interviews conducted at separate times. Interviews were conducted on January 13, 2010 and February 11, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry. In the January 13, 2010 interview, Wilson discusses his medical career and his memories of Duke's Department of Psychiatry from its early days through his retirement in 1984. In the February 11, 2010 interview, Wilson discusses the establishment of the program for Christianity, medicine, and psychiatry at Duke and the fifteen years he served as the program's head.
Extent:
2 interviews (3 master CDs, 3 use CDs) and 980 MB
Collection ID:
OH.WILSONW

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 2 oral history interviews with William P. Wilson conducted on January 13, 2010 and February 11, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry.
In the January 13, 2010 interview, Wilson discusses his medical career and his memories of Duke's Department of Psychiatry from its early days through his retirement in 1984. In the February 11, 2010 interview, Wilson discusses the establishment of the program for Christianity, medicine, and psychiatry at Duke and the fifteen years he served as the program's head.

Biographical / historical:

William P. Wilson was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1922. He received his BS in Chemistry from Duke University in 1943 and his MD from Duke in 1947. He interned at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, after which he did his residency in psychiatry at Duke University. Dr. Wilson worked at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1958, but he spent the majority of his medical career at Duke. He was made an Assistant Professor in 1955 and became the Head of the Division of Biological Psychiatry in 1961. In 1964 he was appointed Professor of Psychiatry until his retirement in 1984. He directed the electroencephalographic laboratories from 1961 to 1981. Wilson closed his psychiatric practice in 2007. In 2010, Wilson was Distinguished Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Carolina Evangelical Divinity School in High Point, North Carolina, and was the Director of the Institute of Christian Growth.
Wilson has authored over 165 scientific articles and co-authored the book, "The Grace to Grow." Wilson also spent much time overseas in missionary activities in third world nations. He often speaks and writes on the relationship of Christianity, psychiatry and psychology.
Wilson died September 18, 2018.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2010.073 (January 2010); Accession A2010.081 (February 2010)
Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: January 2010, February 2010.

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, January 13, 2010; Interview, February 11, 2010.
Rules or conventions:
DACS

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Personal Name(s):
Wilson, William P., 1922-
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Duke University. Department of Psychiatry
Topical Term(s):
Faculty.
Pastoral Care.
Psychiatry.

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