David Allen Hamburg (October 1, 1925 – April 21, 2019)[1] was an American psychiatrist.
His wife, Beatrix Hamburg, followed a similarly successful career path.
Their daughter, Margaret Hamburg, is a physician who has followed their footsteps into public service becoming Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in 2009.
His son, Eric Hamburg, is an author, attorney and film producer in Los Angeles.
[7][8] In 2007 he and his wife received the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health from the Institute of Medicine for their long careers in medicine and public service.