Harvey D. Strassman

Strassman was born in Chicago on September 19, 1922, to Rose Goldman and Moe Strassman, a teacher, both of whom had come to the United States as young children of Russian Jewish immigrants. ==Psychiatry==

Medical education became Strassman's passion. He quit private practice to move to Chicago in 1969 and began to teach psychiatry full-time. He was a professor of psychiatry at Chicago Medical School from 1972 until 1978, served as Acting Dean of the school in 1974 and then as Assistant Dean for Curriculum for three years. He also served as acting chief of psychiatry at the North Chicago VA Hospital from 1975 to 1978. == Personal life ==

Strassman was married three times. First to Paula Kassam, then to Marjorie Strassman, who died before him. After retiring in 1993 Strassman and his third wife, Judith Koock Strassman, moved to Sacramento, California. There, he resumed private practice. In 2004, Strassman and Judith moved from Sacramento to Austin, Texas after he had a stroke. Strassman had three sons, two deceased, and two daughters. His son David is known as a ventriloquist. Strassman died aged 88 years on January 30, 2011 after being in poor health for some time. ==References==