Mark Vonnegut, M.D., will recount his and others’ experiences with mental illness when he delivers the Charles S. and Linda W. Wilson Lecture in Medical Humanities at noon today in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater, Room 3034. The lecture titled, “Great Wits and Madness,” is open to the public as well as to employees, faculty and students. A box lunch will be provided to the first 60 attendees.
Dr. Vonnegut is the son of the famed novelist, the late Kurt Vonnegut, who is best known for his 1969 book, “Slaughterhouse-Five,” an antiwar novel that appeared during peak protesting of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Dr. Vonnegut’s very popular book, “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So,” appeared in 2010, 35 years after the publication of “The Eden Express,” his first memoir exploring the trials of serious mental illness.