Menninger, << MEHN ihng uhr, >> William Claire (1899-1966), was a leading American psychiatrist. He and his brother Karl A. Menninger and their father, Charles F. Menninger, founded the Menninger Clinic, a psychiatric center that became internationally famous. During World War II (1939-1945), he served as chief consultant on psychiatry to the surgeon general of the United States Army and won the Distinguished Service Medal. He also became a leader in the Boy Scout movement.
Menninger was born on Oct. 15, 1899, in Topeka, Kansas. He received his M.D. degree from Cornell University. His writings include Psychiatry in a Troubled World (1948) and Psychiatry: Its Evolution and Present Status (1948). Menninger died on Sept. 6, 1966.
