PDF

Description

Ruth Matarazzo begins her interview with a description of her childhood in Connecticut, and her education at Brown University in psychology. She married fellow grad student Joseph Matarazzo in 1949, then took a management training program for women at Harvard Business School. She became the first woman in a clinical psychology program at the Veterans Administration. She was part of a research team at Harvard until the whole team was recruited by UOMS. They helped created the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. She oversaw psychiatric services for inpatients, and redesigned the Psych Ward in University Hospital South. She mentions interdepartmental discord, collaborative research, and affirmative action efforts aimed at increasing women's presence in the field. Town-gown relationships are examined, as well as issues related to UOMS becoming a university. She speaks of higher administration, the postdoctoral residency program in medical psychology, and her own private practice.

Details

Files

Statistics

from
to
Export
Download Full History