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Harry Wilmer (1917-2005) was an American psychiatrist who pioneered group therapy techniques with Vietnam War veterans. He wrote and illustrated numerous books and established the Institute for the Humanities at Salado.

Biography
Harry Aron Wilmer II was born in 1917 in New Orleans. He attended the University of Minnesota earning five degrees (BA, MB, MD, PhD,... ) in eight years. Trained in psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic. In 1945, he married Jane Harris Wilmer. Four children. Died on March 13, 2005 at his home in Salado, Texas.

Career
Interned at the U.S. Navy Gorgas Hospital. National Research Council Fellow at John Hopkins. Associated professor of medicine at Stanford in 1949, serving as first psychiatrist of the Palo Alto Clinic. Worked with veterans at the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland in the 1950s and the California prison system in the 1960s. In 1966, became associate professor at UCSF.

Youth Drug Ward at UCSF. Invited artists to speak and provide inspiration for patients.

In 1969, Scott and White Clinic in Temple, Texas University of Texas, San Antonio and Veteran Affairs Hospital

1980, founded the Institute for the Humanities at Salado

Awards
Hall of Fame

Selected works

 * Huber the Tuber
 * Corky the killer: A story of syphilis
 * Practical Jung: Nuts and Bolts of Jungian Psychotherapy
 * Understandable Jung: The Personal Side of Jungian Psychology

Reference list
Harry Wilmer Papers, 1909-2005 (bulk 1940s-2005), Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/03581/cah-03581.html http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Harry-Aron-Wilmer-II-psychiatric-pioneer-2690705.php http://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_4f872808-c585-5818-8ca3-96a35569da3f.html http://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/becoming-minnesota/item/709 http://denniebriggs.com/wp/2010/10/09/harry-wilmer/ http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/79R/billtext/html/HR00982I.htm http://scholar.colorado.edu/comm_gradetds/41/