Edward Joel Sachar (June 23, 1933 – March 25, 1984) was an American psychiatrist. He was born on June 23, 1933 to historian

Abram L. Sachar Abram Leon Sachar (February 15, 1899 – July 24, 1993) was an American historian and founding president of Brandeis University. Early life and education He was born in New York City to Samuel Sachar, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, and Sa ...

. His eldest brother,

Howard Sachar Howard Morley Sachar (February 10, 1928 – April 18, 2018) was an American historian. He was Professor Emeritus of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and the author of 16 books, as well as nu ...

, was also a historian. Another sibling,

David B. Sachar David B. Sachar is an American gastroenterologist. Sachar received his undergraduate degree at Harvard College and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He teaches at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he was the first Dr. Bur ...

, is a gastroenterologist. Edward Sachar attended

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, graduating in 1952, then earned a medical degree from the

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1765, the Perelman School of Medicine is the oldest medi ...

in 1956. He held an internship at Beth Israel Hospital before completing his residency at

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United Stat ...

. Sachar began his academic career at

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, leaving for the

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in 1966. He was named full professor in 1972, and joined the

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) is the graduate medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded i ...

four years later, as Lawrence C. Kolb Professor of Psychiatry. Sachar had a stroke in 1981, and subsequently retired. He died at the age of 50 on March 25, 1984, at

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. The conferred by the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons was named for him. Recipients of the prize have included

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and

Aaron T. Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

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