Benjamin Spock

  • Birth

    Spock was the first of 6 siblings and grew up caring for them.
  • College Enrollment

    Like his father, Spock enrolled at Yale University
  • Yale Medical School

    After completing 4 years of pre-medicine, Spock applied for the school of Medicine at Yale
  • Marriage

    Spock marries Jane Cheney, and stays with her until 1976. They divorced after 48 years of marriage.
  • Move to New York

    After his marriage, he transferred to Colombia's college of Physicians and Surgeons in New York
  • Graduation

    By 1937, Spock was a board-certified Pediatrician
  • Baby and Child Care

    Spock's book had the up-to-date answers for infants to teens.
  • Publishing More Books

    He publishes 2 more books in 1970 titled ‘Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavior’ and ‘A Teenager's Guide to Life and Love’
  • Presidential Election

    In 1972, Spock ran for President representing a left-wing third-party.
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    Nonfiction books

    Starting In 1974, Spock writes 3 more nonfiction books, titled ‘Raising Children in a Difficult Time’ (1974), ‘Spock on Parenting’ (1988), and ‘A Better World for Our Children’ (1994).
  • Marriage

    In the same year he divorces Jane Cheney, Spock remarries his associate Mary Morgan.
  • Death

    Spock passes in his home in La Jolla, California. His ashes were buried in Rockport, Maine.