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Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen (January 8, 1919 – March 19, 1999) was an American psychiatrist and co-author of the internationally-popular, nonfictional book ''The Three Faces of Eve'' (1957).〔(''Hervey Cleckley and Corbett Thigpen'', Augusta Chronicle, Web posted January 1, 2000 )〕 ==Early life and career== Born in Macon, Georgia, Thigpen helped his family live through the Great Depression by turning his interest in amateur magic to professional account at age 14, making presentations to local civic clubs. His lifelong involvement in this hobby resulted in his being inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Southeastern Association of Magicians. By contrast he considered among his highest achievements his earning of the Eagle Scout Award of the Boy Scouts of America and supported that group throughout his life. Educationally, having attended North Georgia State College and University, in 1971 Dr. Thigpen served as President of its Alumni Association and was named Outstanding Alumnus in 1971–72 after helping lead a successful fight in the Georgia General Assembly to maintain the military character of the school. Further, being a 1942 graduate of Mercer University in Macon, in 1997 he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of that school. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) in Augusta in 1945, having served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and continued to serve, but as a Captain and physician, until mustering out in 1948. Dr. Thigpen then entered into the private practice of psychiatry with Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, a brilliant and highly accomplished physician. Together, for much of the 1940s and most of the 1950s, they comprised the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at MCG, being then and there the only teachers in those fields, while also maintaining their private practice. Treatments they used included coma therapy, electroshock therapy (ECT), deep sleep therapy and lobotomy. Cleckley later wrote in The Mask of Sanity that "Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen, my medical associate of many years, has played a major part in the development and the revision of this work". Dr. Thigpen rose to the status of Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at MCG. A former medical student and Augusta doctor has remarked that in his academic career Dr. Thigpen's class was the only one in which the professor received a standing ovation after every lecture. He was also known internationally for his research, publishing more than 40 professional papers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corbett H. Thigpen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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