John E. Mack

Biography

John Edward Mack was a distinguished American psychiatrist, writer, and professor of psychiatry, serving as head of Harvard Medical School's Department of Psychiatry from 1977 to 2004. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for his book "A Prince of Our Disorder" on T.E. Lawrence. A leading researcher in child psychology, adolescent psychology, and the psychology of religion, Mack also investigated teenage suicide and alien abduction experiences.