Washington University School of Medicine Oral Histories
Richard W. Hudgens Oral History
Interviewer
Paul G. Anderson, PhD
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Summary
Richard W. Hudgens was interviewed by Paul G. Anderson on April 28, 1981 for approximately 59 minutes.
Scope and Content
Hudgens relates some of his experiences as a student at WUSM in the 1950s and some of his influential professors, such as Edward Dempsey, Carl Moore, George Saslow, and Sam Guze. Hudgens also discusses the development of his interest in psychiatry, his medical residencies in Virginia and North Carolina, his experiences as a staff psychiatrist at the U.S. Air Force Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base n Texas, and his experiences on the faculty and in the administration of the Washington University School of Medicine.
Biographical Information: Interviewee
Richard Watts Hudgens (1931-2020) He earned a BA from Princeton University in 1952 and graduated with an MD from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1956. He joined Washington University School of Medicine as an instructor in 1963 and became a professor in clinical psychiatry 1989. He served as assistant dean and associate dean at the School of Medicine from 1964-1974. He served as a captain in the United States Air Force Medical Corps from 1961-1963. He also worked as a psychiatric consultant to the World Health Organization from 1965-1967. His research focused on affective disorders, suicide, psychiatric disorders in adolescence, transcultural psychiatry, medical education, history of psychiatry, and psychiatric disorders.
Biographical Information: Interviewer
Paul G. Anderson, PhD served as an archivist at the Washington University School of Medicine library from 1982-2008. He earned a PhD (American History) from Wayne State University in 1977.
Interview Date
1981-04-28
Collection Identifier
OH049
Length
Approximately 59 minutes.
Restrictions
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Recommended Citation
Richard W. Hudgens Oral History, OH049, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
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