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Evelyn Alpern

Evelyn Ethel Alpern (November 12, 1903 – October 26, 1977) was an American child psychiatrist based in Buffalo, New York.

Evelyn Alpern
A smiling white woman with wavy dark hair, wearing a dark dress with a light lace yoke detail, and pearls
Evelyn Alpern, from the 1926 yearbook of Syracuse University
BornNovember 12, 1903
New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 1977
Buffalo, New York. U.S.
OccupationChild psychiatrist

Early life and education

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Alpern was born in New York, the daughter of Julius Alpern and Minnie Finkelstein Alpern.[1] Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Her father ran an apparel store in Buffalo from the 1890s until 1930, when he became an insurance agent.[2] She attended Syracuse University, and earned her medical degree at the University at Buffalo in 1926,[3] with further training in psychiatry at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.[4]

Career

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Alpern worked at Danvers State Hospital from 1929 to 1931, and as an assistant probate officer in Chelsea early in her career.[5] She was director of the Child Guidance Clinic in Providence, Rhode Island, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing from 1931 to 1933, Smith College from 1934 to 1938, the University of Pennsylvania in 1934,[1][6] Brown University Medical School and at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.[4]

Alpern became director of the Child Guidance Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo in 1948.[3][7] She was assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and assistant professor of pediatrics in the medical school of the University at Buffalo. She was quoted as an expert in newspaper articles about children's mental health issues, especially on the subject of juvenile delinquency.[8][9] "We are aware of the realities of conditions today," she explained in 1937, "and so the public thinks that more crimes exist. But the same crimes have always existed, and as many, but the public was not acquainted with them."[10]

Alpern retired from the departments of psychiatry and pediatrics in 1969, but continued as director of the Child Guidance Clinic. She was president of the Western New York District branch of the American Psychiatric Association.[4] She was a member of the Women Physicians League.[11]

Publications

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  • "Short Clinical Services for Children in a Child Guidance Clinic" (1956)[12]
  • "The Child and His Welfare" (1959)[13]
  • "The Relative Pessimism of Psychologists" (1962, with Z. A. Piotrowski)[14]

Personal life

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Alpern was married to a fellow medical professional, Jacob Kulowski, in 1926.[15][16] They divorced in 1930.[17] She died in 1977, at the age of 73, in Buffalo.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Who's who of American women : a biographical dictionary of notable living American women. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Chicago, Illinois : Marquis Who's Who. 1961. p. 26.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Julius S. Alpern Dead; Insurance Broker". The Buffalo News. 1949-08-08. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Evelyn Alpern Named Guidance Center Director". The Buffalo News. 1948-01-09. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "Dr. Evelyn Alpern Dies; Was Child Psychiatrist". The Buffalo News. 1977-10-28. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Psychiatrist Appointed to Chelsea Juvenile Court". Monthly Bulletin. 9 (8): 3. October 1930.
  6. ^ Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia), Department for Mental and Nervous Diseases. Annual Report. State Library of Pennsylvania. p. 14 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Spencer, Mildred (1955-03-04). "Children's Hospital Research Projects Outlined to Doctors". The Buffalo News. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Smith, Rita (1959-05-12). "Adolescence Seen as Conflict Period". Buffalo Courier Express. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Dingle, Jean (1955-11-29). "Delinquency Declared Often Result of Troubled Childhood". Buffalo Courier Express. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-09-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "News the World Over". Kennebec Journal. 1937-11-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Women Lawyers, Physicians Hear Head of Schools". The Buffalo News. 1954-03-16. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Alpern, Evelyn (April 1956). "Short clinical services for children in a child guidance clinic". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 26 (2): 314–329. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1956.tb06180.x. ISSN 1939-0025. PMID 13313700.
  13. ^ ALPERN, EVELYN (March 1959). "The Child and his Welfare". American Journal of Psychiatry. 115 (9): 857. doi:10.1176/ajp.115.9.857. ISSN 0002-953X.
  14. ^ Piotrowski, Z. A. (April 1962). "Treatment of the adolescent—Workshop, 1960: 1. The relative pessimism of psychologists". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 32 (3): 382–387. doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1962.tb00285.x. ISSN 1939-0025. PMID 14486832.
  15. ^ "Completes Three Years Hospital Interne Work". Lancaster Enterprise. 1928-06-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Kulowski-Alpern". Buffalo Courier Express. 1927-01-02. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Court Cases Near Record". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1930-04-25. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
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