Dr. Pinderhughes graduated from Dartmouth College (cum laude) in 1940 and from the Howard University School of Medicine. After serving in the Army Medical Corps during World War II, he trained at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. He taught at Boston, Harvard, and Tufts Universities and held service appointments as Chief of Psychiatry, Chief of Research, Director of Training, and Director of Education at Boston VA and Edith Rogers VA Hospitals.
Dr. Pinderhughes was a founding member of the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA) and active in the NAACP. In 1970, he developed a training program for mental health workers and aides at Boston State Hospital.
Dr. Pinderhughes was a Life Fellow of the APA and served on the governing boards of the APA, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and the American College of Psychoanalysts. The APA recognized his contributions to improving the quality of life for black people by awarding him the Solomon Carter Fuller Award in 1982.
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