Savage, Charles (1918-2007)
Person
Dates
- Existence: September 25, 1918 - December 12, 2007
Biographical Information
Charles W. Savage was born on September 25, 1918 in Berlin, Connecticut. He received a B.A. from Yale in 1939, an M.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945, and an M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1999. He also attended the Washington-Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute in 1957 and served as a Lieutenant Mass Communication Specialist in the United States Navy from 1946-1953. He published fifty papers on psychopharmacology and psychoanalysis, several of which were co-authored with his wife, Ethel. He was a member of the editorial board of Psychiatry and a member of the American Psychiatric Association (fellow), American Psychoanalytic Association, American Electoencephlogram Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Psychoanalytic Society, Baltimore Psychoanalytic Society, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society. Savage was also a poet and published, in Spanish and English, Las Tinieblas en el Dia de Pentecostes. Upon his retirement, he became a medical missionary to Guatemala. At the age of 89, Savage passed away at his home on December 12, 2007.
Professional Chronology
- 1945
- Intern at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- 1946
- Assistant resident in psychiatry at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- 1947-1948
- Resident psychiatrist at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1948-1949
- Chief psychiatrist at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina
- 1949-1952
- Research Psychiatrist at the Naval Medical Research Institute and the National Naval Medical Center, both Bethesda, Maryland
- 1951
- Diplomat of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- 1953-1958
- Acting chief adult psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1957-1958
- Fellow of Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California
- 1958-1960
- Psychiatrist at the Livermore Sanitarium, Livermore, California
- 1961
- Research associate on Aro Project at Abeo Kuta, Nigeria at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- 1961-1962
- Psychiatrist at the Stanford Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California
- 1962-1964
- Medical director at the International Foundation for Advanced Study, Menlo Park, California
- 1964-1965
- Psychiatrist, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, California
- 1965
- Assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University
- 1965-1968
- Clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland
- Director of research at the Spring Grove State Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967
- David C. Wilson Society Lecturer at University of Virginia
- 1968-1972
- Associate Director and Research Scientist at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- Clinical associate professor at the University of Maryland
- 1972
- Chief of psychiatric services and chief of Drug Treatment Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
- Associate Professor at the University of Maryland
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Charles Savage papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 70
Scope and Contents
The Charles Savage papers document Savage’s work as a psychiatrist, specifically his research on the therapeutic use of LSD-25 and marijuana during the 1960s. Materials range from correspondence between Savage and his colleagues and Savage and his patients, article reprints written by Savage or used by Savage for his research, as well as Savage’s manuscripts and miscellaneous manuscripts, some of which appear to have been created by patients. Patient notes, accounts and transcripts of LSD...
Dates:
1936 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1970