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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
[http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/businessrecords/business_records_findingaids/menninger/menninger_family.htm#william William C Menninger] In the Menninger Family Archives from Kansas State Historical Society
 
[http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/businessrecords/business_records_findingaids/menninger/menninger_family.htm#william William C Menninger] In the Menninger Family Archives from Kansas State Historical Society
 
 
[[Category:People from Kansas|Menninger, William]]
 

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William Claire Menninger (1899-1966) is a co-founder with his brother Karl and his father of The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, which is an internationally known center for treatment of behavioral disorders.

Boy Scouts

William Menninger was involved with the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scouts program in the 1930s. He was skipper of the S.S.S. Kansas, which was the National Flagship for 1931 and 1933. The skipper's manual he wrote for the Kansas Sea Scouts was later used as the basis for the BSA's published Handbook for Skippers. He was also be a member of the National Sea Scout Committee during this time.

Psychiatry

William Claire Menninger was involved in the operation of the Menninger Foundation.

Secondary Literature

  • Rebecca Jo Plant, "William Menninger and American psychoanalysis, 1946–48", History of Psychiatry, Vol. 16, No. 2, 181-202 (2005)

See also

External Links

William C Menninger In the Menninger Family Archives from Kansas State Historical Society