Historical Timeline: Development of Bowen Theory Programs throughout the Country

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1962

  • Paulina McCullough, LCSW began to study with Murray Bowen at Georgetown University Department of Psychiatry


1964-78

  • Murray Bowen taught at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond (MCV)
  • Morton Schuman, LISW; Dick Armstrong, M.D.; Allen Entin, Ph.D.; and Henry Lederer, M.D. sponsored and offered training program at MCV


1966

  • Phillip J. Guenn, M.D. began to study with Murray Bowen at Georgetown University Department of Psychiatry


1969

  • Rabbi Edwin Friedman began to study with Murray Bowen


1970

  • Phillip Guerin, M.D. and Tom Fogarty, M.D.: Center tor Family Learning in New Rochelle, New York


1974

  • Paulina McCullough, LCSW began to teach Bowen theory at Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


1976

  • Don Shoulberg, LCSW, began to study Bowen theory
  • Victoria Harrison, MA began to study at Georgetown Family Center
  • Louise Rauseo, RN, MS began to study at Georgetown Family Center


1977-79

  • Bob Noone, Ph.D.; Syndey Reed, LCSW; and Carol Moran, LCSW: Center for Family Consultation in Chicago, Illinois; Stephanie Femra, LCSW joined this faculty in 1980


1980

  • Edwin Friedman began teaching throughout the country


1981

  • Mary Bourne, LCSW: Minnesota Institute of Family Dynamics in Minneapolis, Minnesota


1985

  • Paulina McCullough, LCSW with Walter Smith, Ph.D.; Cynthia Larkby, Ph.D.; Jim Smith, MS; Ann Read; and Stuart Libbman, Ph.D.: Western Pennsylvania Family Center


1987

  • Seldon Dunbar, LSCW: Princeton Family Center for Education in New Jersey


1988

  • Ann Bunting, Ph.D.: Supervision Group in the Study of Family Systems in Burlington, Vermont


1989

  • Ann Bunting, Ph.D.: Bowen Clinical Conference Series in Burlington, Vermont
  • Laura Havstad. Ph.D.: Programs in Bowen Theory in Sebastopol, California
  • Lee Ann Howard, LCSW: Kansas City Forum in Kansas City, Kansas


1990

  • Edwin Friedman, Ph.D., with Myrna Carpenter, Ph.D.; Mickie Crimone. MS, RN, Gary
  • Emanuel, Ph.D.; and Susan Luff, MS, RN: Center for Family Process in Bethesda, Maryland


1993

  • Victoria Harrison: Bowen Theory Seminar in Houston, Texas


1994

  • Polly Caskie, Ph.D. and others: Florida family Research Network
  • Betty Carrington, LCSW: Family Systems Training Programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Louise Rauseo, RN, MA: Bowen Theory at the Border in EI Paso


1995

  • Margaret Otto, MSW and Kathleen Riordan, MSW: The Center for Family Health in Kansas City, Missouri


1996

  • Vermont Center for Family Studies by Ann Bunting, Ph.D. and others


1997

  • Victoria Harrison, MA; with Elizabeth Smith, Ph.D., Susan Munson, and Louise Rauseo, RN, MS: Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family in Texas