John Hopkins Lamont

John Hopkins Lamont

Male 1923 - 1994  (71 years)

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  1. 1.  John Hopkins LamontJohn Hopkins Lamont was born on 5 Jan 1923 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1994 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Group: Veteran - Army
    • Group: Veteran of World War II
    • 1950 Census: 1 Apr 1950, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
    • Obituary: 29 May 1994, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Boston Globe

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
    Name:       John Hopkins Lamont [John H Lamont]
    Gender:       Male
    Race:       White
    Birth Date:       5 Jan 1923
    Birth Place:       Chicago, Illinois
    Death Date:       28 May 1994
    Father:       Robert P Lamont
    Mother:       Jean Hopkins
    Notes:       Jun 1953: Name listed as JOHN HOPKINS LAMONT; 09 Jun 1994: Name listed as JOHN H LAMONT
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    Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935
    Name:       John Lamont
    Birth Date:       5 Jan 1923
    Birth Location:       Cook County, IL
    File Number:       6002860
    Archive collection name:       Cook County Genealogy Records (Births)
    Archive repository location:       Chicago, IL
    Archive repository name:       Cook County Clerk

    Group:
    Veteran of the United States Army

    Group:
    Person who served in World War II

    1950 Census:
    ED 17-171, Sheet 2
    14 Old Dee Rd.
    Lamont, John H,   Head  W  M  27  Md   Illinois          Physician - Private hospital
    ---, Joan C           Wife  W   F  22  Md   Colorado
    ---, Thrae              Dau  W   F    3  S     New York
    ... 1 servant

    Obituary:
    John H. Lamont, 71
    Newton psychiatrist

    Dr. John H. Lamont, a psychiatrist, died yesterday at his home of complications from cancer. He was 71.

    Born in Chicago, Dr. Lamont grew up in Washington Depot, Conn. He graduated from Hotchkiss high school in Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard University in 1943 and from Harvard Medical School in 1946.

    An Army veteran, he began his long career in psychiatry 44 years ago as a resident at McLean hospital in Belmont. He was a fellow in child psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1952 to 1954 and an instructor at Marvard Medical School from 1955 to 1969.

    In 1956, he became a staff member of the child psychiatry unit at Massachusetts General and was director of the unit from 1961 to 1974. He was a director of the psyschiatric clinic at the New England Home for Little Wanderers from 1989 to 1992 and was active at the New England Baptist Hospital.

    He was a psychiatric consultant with the disability quality branch of the Social Security Administration at the time of his death.

    Dr. Lamont was a life  member of the Boston Athenaeum and a longtime supporter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He an avid gardener and a member of the Harvard Club.

    He belonged to numerous professional organizations including the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

    He was a grandson of Robert P. Lamont, former US secretary of commerce under President Hoover.

    He leaves his wife, Lorna, and two stepsons, Dr. Barry M Lamont of Boston and Robert C. Burtman of Durham, N.C.

    Died:
    Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003
    Name:       John H Lamont
    Certificate:       047102
    Death Place:       Newton
    Death Date:       28 May 1994
    Birth Place:       Illinois
    Birth Date:       5 Jan 1923

    John married Joan Chappell on 8 Jun 1945 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, and was divorced before 1955. Joan (daughter of Delos Allen Chappell, Jr. and Edna James) was born on 12 Jul 1927 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; died on 23 Aug 1974 in Mijas, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain; was buried after 23 Aug 1974 in Washington Cemetery On The Green, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. T. Lamont  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. R. Lamont  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. J.E. Lamont  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  T. Lamont Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

    T. married W.L. Harris [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: M. Dulchin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  R. Lamont Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

    Family/Spouse: K.R. Swensen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]