John E. Mack
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Psychiatrist; professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- Also recorded as
- John Edward Mack · John Mack
- Born
- Not recorded
- Age
- 74 · as reported by Harvard Gazette (attributed), at the recorded event
- Died
- 27 September 2004, London, England · known to the day
- Fields
- Not classified yet: categories await the owner’s taxonomy review
- Organisations
- Harvard Medical School, professor of psychiatry
Cambridge Hospital, chief of the psychiatry department from 1969 · attributed, from 1969 - Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
Psychiatrist; professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Directly involved in research on reported alien-contact ("abduction") experiences: his faculty's Memorial Minute describes his interest in people who reported contact with alien beings, and UPI reported that he interviewed some 200 such people.
Biography
John E. Mack, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, is the person described by the Harvard Gazette death notice (2004) and the Faculty of Medicine Memorial Minute (2005).
Born in New York City in 1929, according to the Faculty of Medicine Memorial Minute; the 2004 Gazette notice also names New York City. Attributed
The Harvard Gazette reported that he died at 74. Attributed
Psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, as his university states.
Undergraduate degree from Oberlin College (1951) and M.D. from Harvard Medical School (1955), according to the Harvard Gazette. Attributed
Member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School (professor of psychiatry), as the university states.
Named chief of the psychiatry department at Cambridge Hospital in 1969, according to the Harvard Gazette. Attributed
Wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning psychobiography of T. E. Lawrence, "A Prince of Our Disorder" (prize 1977), according to the Memorial Minute. Attributed
Co-founded the Cambridge-based Nuclear Psychology Program in 1982, according to the Memorial Minute. Attributed
Published "Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens" in 1994, as The Harvard Crimson reported in 1995. Attributed
In 1994–95 a Harvard Medical School committee reviewed his work with people who said they had been abducted by aliens; in 1995 HMS decided not to censure him, as The Harvard Crimson reported. Its findings are not assessed here. Attributed
Directly involved in research on reported alien-contact ("abduction") experiences: his faculty's Memorial Minute describes his interest in people who reported contact with alien beings, and UPI reported that he interviewed some 200 such people.
Died on Monday 27 September 2004 in London, struck by a car, according to the Harvard Gazette; The Harvard Crimson and UPI report the same day.
Died in London, England.
Struck and killed by a car while a pedestrian in London. The Memorial Minute states the car was driven by a man under the influence of alcohol; UPI reported that London authorities said he was dead at the scene. No police, inquest or court record was read, and no finding about the driver is recorded here. Attributed
Not established
- Not establishedNo read source states his full date of birth; the Memorial Minute gives only the year 1929. Not established in the reviewed sources; Harvard Gazette notice (30 Sep 2004) and Memorial Minute (8 Dec 2005), read 2026-11-11: birth year 1929 and New York City only; no day or month.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo read source states a medical cause of death. Not established in the reviewed sources; Harvard Gazette (2004), Memorial Minute (2005), Harvard Crimson (2004) and UPI (2004), read 2026-11-11: road collision described, no medical cause; no UK inquest record found.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo official determination of manner of death (for example an inquest verdict) was read; the prototype's "accident" is not recorded as a finding. Not established in the reviewed sources; No Metropolitan Police statement, coroner's inquest record or court record was found or read on 2026-11-11; sources describe a road collision only.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedWhether a UK coroner or court made a determination is not established in the reviewed sources. Not established in the reviewed sources; Same scope as cl-manner: institutional and news sources of 2004–2005 only.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
Connection to UAP research
Directly involved in research on reported alien-contact ("abduction") experiences: his faculty's Memorial Minute describes his interest in people who reported contact with alien beings, and UPI reported that he interviewed some 200 such people.
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Professor of psychiatry at HMS Mack dies at 74 (opens in a new tab)Harvard Gazette (Harvard University), 2004 · Institution · read
- John Mack Institute (home page) (opens in a new tab)John E. Mack Institute · Organisation website · read
- John E. Mack (opens in a new tab)Harvard Gazette (Harvard University), 2005 · Institution · readAuthor: Faculty of Medicine Memorial Minute committee: Edward J. Khantzian (chair), Patricia Carr, Janice Kauffman, Nina Masters, Alec Morgana
- HMS Takes No Action Against 'UFO Doctor' (opens in a new tab)The Harvard Crimson, 1995 · News report · readAuthor: Andrew L. Wright
- Mack: Scientist Or Tale-Spinner? (opens in a new tab)The Harvard Crimson, 1995 · News report · readAuthor: Lana Israel
- John Mack, Pultizer winner, dies (title inferred from URL; no headline in fetched text) (opens in a new tab)United Press International, 2004 · News report · read
- Pulitzer-Winning Professor Dead at 74 (opens in a new tab)The Harvard Crimson, 2004 · News report · readAuthor: Kristina M. Moore