George J. Mohr

George Joseph Mohr (28 September 1895 — 6 March 1965) was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, specializing in pediatric psychiatry.

[2] During his time as a pediatrician, Mohr became increasingly interested in the emotional welfare of children, so decided to go into of pediatric psychiatry.

In Chicago, Mohr worked as the associate professor of Juvenile Behavior in the Department of Criminology, Social Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence at the Illinois School of Medicine.

[2][3] Dr. Franz Alexander and the Board of Mount Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills invited Mohr to become their Director of Child Psychiatry.

[1][2] His first book was entitled The Physical and Mental Growth of Prematurely Born Children,[2] published in 1934 by the University of Chicago Press.

[5] He collaborated with Marian A. Despres in writing The Stormy Decade, which was published by Random House in 1958, and examined the emotional and social development of teenagers.

George J. Mohr in the 1916 Senior Class of the University of Chicago .
Bergen Evans , who consulted Mohr for his book on the psychology of Robert Burton .