S. Spafford Ackerly

{{Short description|American psychiatrist}}

{{One source|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox academic

| name = S. Spafford Ackerly

| birth_date = {{birth date text|1895}}

| death_date = {{death year and age|1981|1895}}

| nationality = American

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Psychiatrist
• Professor

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| boards = {{plainlist|

• Kentucky Psychiatric Society
• American Orthopsychiatric Society
• American College of Psychiatrists
• American Academy of Child Psychiatry

}}

| discipline = Psychiatry

| workplaces = University of Louisville School of Medicine

}}

S. Spafford Ackerly (1895–1981) was distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry, University of Louisville School of Medicine. He was a Guggenheim fellow and founded the Kentucky Psychiatric Society, of which he was president. He was vice-president of the American Psychiatric Association, and president of the American Orthopsychiatric Society. He was also a charter fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists and a life fellow of the American College of Physicians. He was a founding member of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry.{{Cite web|url=http://brooklynhistory.org/library/wp/s-spafford-ackerly-papers-circa-1890-to-2013/|title = Center for Brooklyn History|date = December 2020}}