May 6, 2011
New Haven Register
NAACP Greater New Haven Branch to honor James Comer with Lifetime Achievement Award
By Angela Carter
NEW HAVEN — Dr. James P. Comer was born to a mother who had less than two years of formal schooling and a father who had about six years of education.
But his parents sent five children to college, and Comer, 76, became an internationally renowned psychiatrist, social scientist and author. “They gave us the developmental experience we needed to succeed,” he said....
read entire article