Silas L. Warner

Silas L. Warner entered Princeton University from Choate Rosemary Hall in June, 1942, and graduated in 1945 after his first year at Northwestern Medical School. As a student he wrestled and played varsity soccer, football, tennis and hockey. His internship and residency were done at Menninger School of Psychiatry. Dr. Warner had a consulting relationship with Swarthmore College while being senior attending psychiatrist at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1963 Silas wed Libby Severinghaus Dingle.

A dedicated researcher and writer, Silas co-authored a major work on personality disorders. His other published works dealt with how preschool children learn, and the relationship between truth, reality, lies and delusions. Among his written articles was a major feature in "The New York Times" on cocaine use in professional sports.

Silas died in San Francisco on November 20, 1993.

Some Published Works

 * "Your Child Learns Naturally" (with Edward B. Rosenberg)


 * "The Psychotic Personality" (with Myron L. Glucksman, M.D.)


 * "Freud and the Mighty Warrior"


 * "Dreams in New Perspective: The Royal Road Revisited"