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Richard W. Hudgens

Interviewer: Paul G. Anderson  
Date: April 28, 1981
Identifier: OH049
Approximate Length: 59 min.
Biographical Information: Psychiatrist, (born 1931). Hudgens received his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1956. In 1963 he joined the faculty of the medical school, serving as instructor of Psychiatry (1963-65); assistant professor of Psychiatry (1965-69); associate professor of Psychiatry (1969-74); assistant dean for Curriculum (1967-71); and associate dean for Curriculum (1971-73). Since 1974 Hudgens has been in private practice and served as professor of Clinical Psychiatry for the Washington University School of Medicine.
Summary: 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 AFB in Texas, and his experiences on the faculty and in the administration of the Washington University School of Medicine.

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