Renowned Author-Psychologist, Dr. James Dobson, Passes Away

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—On August 21, Dr. James Dobson, who was a Psychologist, Author, evangelical faith leader, and the founder of the media ministry, Focus on the Family, passed away at his home. He was 89. James Clayton Dobson Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana April 21, 1936. He was the son and grandson of Nazarene ministers. He attended Pasadena College in Pasadena, Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, to become a Christian Counselor or psychologist. In 1967, Dobson began working at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. He received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California (USC) and became an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine. He served there for 14 years. He worked at, Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles for seventee