Lorenz Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, is named for William F.
Lorenz\'s diary details their ordeal..
Dr.
The Ruth struck a reef, the ship was abandoned, and the crew was rescued from perilous seas by a Mexican Navy vessel, only to be imprisoned as spies, smugglers, gun-runners, and for fishing in illegal waters.
In 1925, seeking a much-needed respite, he signed on with the Ruth , a fishing smack out of Pensacola, Florida, for a working vacation in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lorenz developed the fledgling Psychiatry Department while engaged in his ground-breaking research.
Professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Dr.
Lorenz, the man who first observed, in 1916, that chemistry could treat the mentally ill.
Lorenz Hall at the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, is named for William F
