• Born: 1910
• Birthplace: Texas
• Died: 1995

Thomas A. Harris is a psychiatrist famous for his self-help manual, I'm OK, You're OK. The book was a runaway bestseller and its title became a catch phrase of the 1960s and 70s.

Harris received his bachelor of science degree in 1938 from the University of Arkansas Medical School. He was trained in psychiatry at Washington DC's St. Elizabeth Hospital. A Navy psychiatrist for several years, Harris became chief of the Psychiatry Branch and eventually left the service as a commander. After that, Harris taught at the University of Arkansas, and then worked as a senior mental health bureaucrat. He practiced psychiatry in Sacramento, CA, and was a director of the Transactional Analysis Association, created by his mentor, Dr. Eric Berne.

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