His paternal great-grandparents, Edward and Sophia (Schlumberger) Kuechle had moved to Yonkers in the 1890’s and were long time members of the former German Evangelical Lutheran St. John’s Church (Missouri Synod) on Hudson Street. He was educated in local schools and received an A.B. degree from Columbia in 1982 with a concentration in mathematics. Following a 2 year period as a cardiovascular research technician at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, he attended Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville, receiving an M.D. degree in 1988. After completion of his residency in psychiatry at Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, he joined the faculty of the Psychiatry Department, attaining the rank of Professor in 2012. He also worked at John Umstead State Psychiatric Hospital which later became Central Regional Hospital in Butner as an attending psychiatrist and Director of the Electroconvulsive Therapy Program. His research career focused on Bipolar Disorder. He served as a journal reviewer for over twenty different professional journals in his career, as an Editorial Board Member and a Field Editor for the journal Bipolar Disorders, and as a Councillor for the International Society of Bipolar Disorders, and was a member of their past task forces on Diagnostic Nomenclature, Suicide, Antidepresssant Usage in Bipolar Disorder. He was recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Robins-Guze Award and the North Carolina Hargrove Research Award, and was chosen as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He was predeceased by this grandmother Josephine (Voelker) Heim, his beagle Alexander Gerd Cassidy and his cat Alex Fletcher Cassidy. He is survived by his cat Simon P. Cassidy and Morey A. Cassidy. Also surviving are a sister Mrs. George (Joanne) Losapio, a niece, Mrs. Michael (Lauren) Renna, Luke Losapio, and another sister, Lucille Donovan. Visitation will be in the Whalen & Ball Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4-8pm. The funeral will take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Thursday at 10am. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, New York, where over 60 of his relatives and ancestors have been buried since 1863.
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