Jerrold Morton Post was an American psychiatrist and author.
15 Facts About Jerrold Post
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Jerrold Post was an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and the founder of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior.
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Jerrold Morton Post was born on February 8,1934, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Jerrold Post's mother was Lillian Post, the bookkeeper at a shoe store, and his father was Jacob Post, a seller of movie reels to local theaters.
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Jerrold Post worked his way through Yale University, from which he received his undergraduate degree in 1956.
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Jerrold Post completed a two-year residency at Harvard Medical School that was followed by a two-year fellowship at St Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital in Washington, DC.
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In 1965, Jerrold Post was preparing to accept a position at Harvard's McLean Hospital, when, through an acquaintance, he was recruited by the CIA, where he began developing psychological profiles of world leaders.
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Jerrold Post was the founder and director of the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior.
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Jerrold Post maintained a private practice in psychiatry out of his home in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Jerrold Post was married to Sharon Jerrold Post until her death in 1975.
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Jerrold Post had kidney failure in his later years and went to a dialysis center weekly.
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Jerrold Post suffered a stroke in July 2020, and could no longer drive to dialysis, so he took a medical taxi where it is believed he contracted COVID-19.
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Jerrold Post died from the virus one week later, on November 22,2020.
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Jerrold Post was a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
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Jerrold Post authored 14 books and scores of articles throughout his life.