Dr. Bourne was born in Oxford, England where he received his early education in the Dragon School. Dr. Bourne graduated with an M.D. degree from [[Emory University]], Atlanta, Georgia in 1962 and received an M.A. in anthropology from Stanford University in 1969. After graduating, he entered military service where he served as a Captain in the US Army. He was assigned to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) where he studied the psychological and physiological effects of stress on basic trainees and men in combat. He spent one year in Vietnam as head of the Army's psychiatric research team, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and the Combat Medics Badge. After returning from Vietnam he was active in the anti-war movement. | Dr. Bourne was born in Oxford, England where he received his early education in the Dragon School. Dr. Bourne graduated with an M.D. degree from [[Emory University]], Atlanta, Georgia in 1962 and received an M.A. in anthropology from Stanford University in 1969. After graduating, he entered military service where he served as a Captain in the US Army. He was assigned to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) where he studied the psychological and physiological effects of stress on basic trainees and men in combat. He spent one year in Vietnam as head of the Army's psychiatric research team, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and the Combat Medics Badge. After returning from Vietnam he was active in the anti-war movement. |