Alex D. Pokorny, MD papers

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Reference code

MS 039

Level of description

Collection

Title

Alex D. Pokorny, MD papers

Date(s)

  • 1953-1983 (Creation)

Extent

2.5 cubic feet (5 boxes)

Name of creator

(1918-2007)

Biographical history

Born October 18, 1918 on a farm in Taylor, Texas; his grandparents were Czech immigrants. He graduated from Granger High School at 16 in 1934 and then from the University of Texas in 1939. He earned his MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch in December 1942, and then interned at Hermann Hospital in 1943. He served in the US Army Medical Corps from December 1943 to December 1946, as a lieutenant colonel and then a colonel. During his service, he graduated from the School of Military Neuropsychiatry. He was a resident in psychiatry at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas from November 1946 to June 1947 and at the Menninger School of Psychiatry, then located in Topeka, Kansas, from 1947 to 1949.
Dr. Pokorny joined the staff at the Houston VA Hospital in 1949 and became Chief of the Psychiatry Service in 1955; he remained at the VA until 1973. He was also part of the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry from 1949 until his retirement in 1989. He was active in numerous professional organizations and won several awards for his contributions. He died October 9, 2007, just shy of his 89th birthday.

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Scope and content

The Alex D. Pokorny, MD papers contains reprints, publication, biographical information, interviews, research, photographs, awards, correspondence, administrative documents and reports, medical law handbooks, directories and curriculum and student files related to the career of Alex Pokorny in the field of psychiatry.

Subjects: Psychiatry.

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Conditions governing access

No access restrictions. Open for research.

Physical access

Water damage to some of the documents.

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Copyright restrictions may apply.

Languages of the material

  • English

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Custodial history

Deed-5

Immediate source of acquisition

Source is unknown. Assumed to be creator.

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No accruals are expected for this collection.

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  • Citation: Alex D. Pokorny, MD papers; MS 039; John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Please cite the box and folder numbers where appropriate.

Alternative identifier(s)

TARO

00171

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Archivist's note

Inventory prepared by Kelsey Koym, March 26, 2019.

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