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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor Jesse Cavenar Jr., Passes Away
Dr. Jesse Cavenar Jr., professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, passed away on April 6 at the age of 85.
Born in Arkansas, Davenar earned his medical degree from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1963. He served as a Navy flight surgeon in the Vietnam era, and after completing active duty, he attended psychiatry residency at UNC Chapel Hill. He also trained at the UNC-Duke Psychoanalytic Institute and was a teaching
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