Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker (13 May 1898 – 28 December 2000) was an Austrian-American medical doctor with a specialisation in psychiatry.
Early life and education
Hutschnecker was born and grew up in Austria. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He then studied medicine at Humboldt University, Berlin, specialized in psychiatry.
Career Hutschnecker opened a medical practice in Berlin. He became a vocal critic of Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and settled in New York City, where he obtained a licence to practice internal medicine and psychiatry.David L. Robb: The Gumshoe and the Shrink. Guenther Reinhardt, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and the secret history of the 1969 Kennedy/Nixon election, Santa Monica Press 2012, 182
Among his patients was Richard Nixon. He also advised Nixon on child care policy, presenting a plan promoting daycare for preschool children in lower economic neighborhoods.
He also developed a reputation and wrote articles on the psychology of leadership, and advised Gerald Ford. He published a number of books, of which The Will to Live became a bestseller.
Hutschnecker was in the news when he wrote that politicians should be required to take a psychiatric examination before running for office. He also suggested that all children be given a test to determine the likelihood of criminal behavior.
Hutschnecker died 28 December 2000, in Sherman, Connecticut.
Publications
The Will to Live, Prentice-Hall 1951. Love and Hate in Human Nature, Crowell, 1955. The Drive for Power, M.Evans and Comp. 1974
References
External links Obituary Arnold Hutschnecker, New York Times 3 January, 2001