Enoch Callaway
Born(1924-07-12)July 12, 1924
La Grange, Georgia
DiedAugust 18, 2014(2014-08-18) (aged 90)
Tiburon, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA, MD)
Known forContributions to biological psychiatry
Medical career
ProfessionPsychiatrist
InstitutionsLangley Porter Psychiatric Institute
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Enoch "Noch" Callaway III (July 12, 1924 – August 18, 2014) was an American psychiatrist and a pioneer in biological psychiatry.[1][2]

Biography

Callaway was born on July 12, 1924, into an old southern family of doctors in La Grange, Georgia.[2] He is a descendant of the family that founded the Callaway Plantation in Washington, Georgia and Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Members of his extended family also include Ely Callaway Jr., founder of Callaway Golf Company, textile manufacturer Fuller Earle Callaway, and former United States Secretary of the Army and Georgia Congressman Bo Callaway.[1]

He graduated from Columbia University in 1944 and obtained his M.D. from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1947.[3] He completed his residency at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts and pursued advanced study at Johns Hopkins University.[4]

In 1959, Callaway was appointed director of research of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute in San Francisco and continued in that capacity as professor until 1986, when he moved to San Francisco VA Medical Center and remained there until his retirement in 1994. Among the students he mentored was Monte Buchsbaum, professor at the University of California, San Diego and founder and editor-in-chief of Psychiatry Research. Callaway is known for his contributions to psychophysiology, cognition and psychopharmacology.[2]

He was made a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 1982. He also co-founded the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.[5]

After leaving UCSF, he co-founded Neurobiological Technologies, a biotech company that sought to develop drugs to treat strokes and brain cancer.[6][7]

In 2007, his book Asylum: A Mid-Century Madhouse and Its Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today was published by Praeger. (Confirmed on Wolrdcat.org, where it is OCLC 123029478)

Callaway died on August 18, 2014, in his home in Tiburon, California.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Braff, David (December 2014). "Enoch Callaway". Neuropsychopharmacology. 39 (13): 3125. doi:10.1038/npp.2014.247. ISSN 1740-634X. PMC 4229586. PMID 25381704. S2CID 41045520.
  2. 1 2 3 Halliday, Roy; Ford, Judith (January 1, 2015). "Enoch Callaway, III, (1924-2014): A pioneer in biological psychiatry". Psychophysiology. 52 (1): 6–7. doi:10.1111/psyp.12377. PMID 25537621.
  3. ↑ "COLUMBIA COLLEGE HONORS BAY AREA ALUMNI - Seven Presented with Awards for Achievement in Life After Graduation". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ Blackwell, Barry (April 10, 2014). "ASYLUM: A Mid-Century Madhouse and It's Lessons about Our Mentally Ill Today by Enoch Callaway and reviewed by Barry Blackwell". inhn.org. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Enoch Callaway, III by Thomas A. Ban". studylib.net. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Neurobiological Technologies to raise $6.6M in private placement". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Neurobiological Tech halts enrollment, prepares cuts". FierceBiotech. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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