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• Born in Hoffer, Saskatchewan, 1917. Married.
  Three children.

• Public and high school, Hoffer, Saskatchewan.
• B.S.A. (Great Distinction), University of Saskatchewan, 1938.
• M.S.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1940.
• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1944.
• M.D., University of Toronto, 1949.
• Internship, City Hospital, Saskatoon, 1949-50.
• Certificant, Psychiatry, Royal College of Physicians, Canada, 1954.
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada), 1972.

• Research cereal chemist, Purity Flour Mills, 1940-44.
• Director of Psychiatric Research, Department of Public Health,
  Province of Saskatchewan, 1950-57.
• Assistant Professor (Research) Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 1955-58.
• Associate Professor (Research) Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 1958-67.
• Private practice, 1967 to present time.

• British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.
• British Columbia Medical Association.
• Canadian Medical Association.
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada (Fellow).
• College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
• Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacology.
• Sigma Xi.
• President, Canadian Schizophrenia Foundation.
• President Emeritus, Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research.
• American Association of Orthomolecular Physicians, (formerly
  Academy of Orthomolecular Psychiatry), Founding Fellow.
• New York Academy of Sciences

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.

• Graduate Fellowship, University of Saskatchewan, 1938.

• Biochemistry and physiology of water-soluble vitamins.
• Hypocholesterolemic agents.
• Schizophrenia.
• Alcoholism.
• Orthomolecular medicine.

• Codiscoverer that nicotinic acid is an effective
  hypocholesterolemic substance.
• Co-author of the first widely examined biochemical theory of
  schizophrenia - the adrenochrome hypothesis.
• Co-developer of mega Vitamin B-3 treatment of schizophrenia.
• Co-developer of a new, sensitive, experiential test, the
  Hoffer-Osmond Diagnostic Test, for diagnosing and treating
  schizophrenia.
• Co-developer of psychedelic therapy.
• Co-founder of Schizophrenics Anonymous.
• Co-discoverer of the Mauve Factor (kryptopyrrole) and its
  relation to schizophrenia.
• Organization of the Canadian Schizophrenia Foundation and the
  Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research.

1. Author of approximately 500 papers in medical journals.
2. Co-author, with Dr. Humphry Osmond:
   • How to Live With Schizophrenia, Carol Publishing Group,
     New York, NY. 1966, 1992.
   • The Hallucinogens, Academic Press, New York. 1967.
   • New Hope for Alcoholics, University Books, Inc., New Hyde
     Park, NY. 1966.
   • Niacin Therapy in Psychiatry, Charles C. Thomas,
     Springfield, IL. 1962.
   • Chemical Basis of Clinical Psychiatry, Charles C. Thomas,
     Springfield, IL. 1960.
   • Hoffer-Osmond Diagnostic Test, [with Kelm and Osmond],
     Behavior Science Press, Tuscaloosa, AL. 1975.
3. Contributor to many books including Orthomolecular
   Psychiatry, D. Hawkins and L. Pauling, Editors. W. H.
   Freeman & Co., New York, NY.
4. Co-author with Dr. Morton Walker:
   • Orthomolecular Nutrition, Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT. 1978.
   • Nutrients to Age Without Senility, Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT. 1980.
   • Smart Nutrients, Avery Publishing Group, Garden City Park, New York. 1994.
5. Author, Common Questions on Schizophrenia and Their Answers,
   Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT. 1988.
6. Author, Orthomolecular Medicine for Physicians, Keats
   Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, CT. 1989.