Facts: - education: stanford university ; cornell university medical college - name: w. walter menninger - nationality: american - module: profession state hospital ; menninger clinic specialism = research_field = prizes = = medicine field = psychiatry work_institutions = topeka Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of w. walter menninger .
william walter menninger -lrb- born october 23 , 1931 -rrb- , known by his peers as '' dr. walt '' , is an american doctor and psychiatrist , in the third generation of the menninger family , which has run the menninger foundation since 1925 , formerly in topeka , kansas .he served as dean of the karl menninger school of psychiatry and mental health science and he was the ceo of the menninger clinic from the 1993 to 2001 .during his tenure as ceo , the clinic began negotiations to move to from topeka to houston , texas , where it is affiliated with baylor college of medicine .menninger has special interests in psychoanalysis and forensic psychiatry .he has served on several boards or committees related to prisons , police work and violence prevention .his research with peace corps volunteers resulted in his development of the menninger morale curve , a schematic used to predict responses among people who are in new environments .menninger wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column for several years ; he has served as editor of '' psychiatry digest '' and the '' bulletin of the menninger clinic '' .