Memory Page-William Van Doorninck

What I enjoy doing:  Retired 2011.  

Gardening, landscaping, hiking, snowshoeing, reading and writing on a broad range of topics.  Just finished a short book on recovering the historical Jesus from Christian theology.

Spouses/children:    Nancy Van Doorninck, William and Mary, 1959.  Married 1996.

First married to Linda Tysseling (Central, 1962) in December 1962.  We started dating at Central when we were boyfriend/girlfriend in the play The New Pilgrim.  We have 3 Children;

Martin (born 1964), Information Technology

Alison (born 1966), retired from retail sports and spa management

John (born 1970), pediatric oncology

After Central:

Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology, University Denver, 1972.  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1972 – 1980 (fulltime), 1981 – 1993 (part-time), 1994-2011 (clinical faculty). Child development research 1972 – 1993, Psychologist in specialty services:  metabolic diseases, diabetes, cancer 1972 -1993.Treatment of children and adolescents in psychiatric facilities 1982-1995. Post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuopsychology 1995-96. Clinical neuropsychology practice 1996-2011.

Phi Delta Tau Memories:

Starting this whole project seemed like a lark. But then we did some projects as a new small campus group that were really fun and bonding. The dinosaur float for Tulip Time was one. Niles Vernon got the nod to be Alley Oop and wield the club. There was the false start with the Falstaff sweat shirt and the stern condemnation by Brunhilda Van Roekel, mother superior of the dorm kitchen. She didn’t know from Shakespeare and wasn’t buying that defense of the shirt. My regret is hazing the first class of pledges. Something classier would have been nice, like maybe building a float or something constructive. The close friendships as a result of our club efforts were the big reward