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Biography David Shakow was born in New York City on January 2nd, 1901. He began his work at Harvard University where he received a bachelors' and masters in science. He began his dissertation in the quest for a doctorate degree, but after marrying his wife Sophie and beginning a family he decided to begin work in 1932 at Worchester State Hospital. He later finished his doctorate degree, focusing on schizophrenia which has sparked his interest in his work at Worchester. In this time, he began one of the first clinical psychology internship programs. In 1948, he accepted a position as a psychology professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and did additional work at the University of Chicago Department of Psychology. It was with this position that he influenced the creation of NIMH Laboratory of Psychology where he held the position as chief in 1954.

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