Clinical psychologist, author, and photographer
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Key moments and achievements from Walt Odets's life.
Walt was born
· Berkeley, California, United States
Archive Gift
Odets began placing his father Clifford Odets's papers with the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division, formalizing the arrangement as a gift in 1986.
Archive Gift
Odets began placing his father Clifford Odets's papers with the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division, formalizing the arrangement as a gift in 1986.
Degree
After working as a psychology intern in the Bay Area in the mid-1980s, Odets received his Ph.D. from San Francisco's Professional School of Psychology.
Degree
After working as a psychology intern in the Bay Area in the mid-1980s, Odets received his Ph.D. from San Francisco's Professional School of Psychology.
Publication
Duke University Press published In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, Odets's study of the psychological toll of AIDS on HIV-negative gay men.
Publication
Duke University Press published In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, Odets's study of the psychological toll of AIDS on HIV-negative gay men.
Award
Odets received the James D. Phelan Award in Photography, recognizing his photographs of the American social landscape.
Award
Odets received the James D. Phelan Award in Photography, recognizing his photographs of the American social landscape.
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives, drawing on three generations of case studies from Odets's psychotherapy practice.
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men's Lives, drawing on three generations of case studies from Odets's psychotherapy practice.
Award
The National Book Critics Circle announced Out of the Shadows as a 2019 nonfiction finalist.
Award
The National Book Critics Circle announced Out of the Shadows as a 2019 nonfiction finalist.
Walt Odets passed away
