Aaron Temkin Beck was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the United States on July 18, 1921. Beck is the youngest of four children who were born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Elizabeth Temkin and Harry Beck.
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Beck attended Brown University. He graduated magna cum laude (indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned) in 1942.
Beck became a Fellow in psychiatry at the Austen Riggs Center, a private mental hospital in the mountains of Stockbridge, Massachusetts after completing his medical internships and residencies. Beck was considered by many as the titan of psychology and Health Mental.

Beck got married in 1950 to Phyllis W. Beck. W. Beck became the first woman judge in the appellate court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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The couple had four children: Roy, Judy, Dan, and Alice. Beck received several honors and awards including
- The 2004 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
- The 2006 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- The 2010 Bell of Hope Award
- The 2011 Edward J. Sachar Award
- The 2011 Prince Mahidol Award in Medicine
- The 2013 Kennedy Community Mental Health Award
Cause Of Dr. Aaron Beck’s Death
Dr. Beck died at the age of 100 but the real cause of his death is not available to the public. There are a lot of speculations that state that he died after an illness. Till now, we await the official report.


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