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Hamburg, David Alan

Hamburg, David Alan

(1925–  ) psychiatrist, educator; born in Evansville, Ind. He was professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford (1961–72) and a member of many policy advisory boards. He conducted research in the areas of psychological stress and endocrine function; adaptive behavior under stress; psychotherapy in crisis; and the genetic basis of behavior.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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