Posted on: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Bio of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
Washington Post
Here’s a quick bio of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in today’s Fort Hood shootings:
39 years old.
U.S. Army psychiatrist.
1997 graduate of Virginia Tech University.
Received doctorate in psychiatry from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.
—From 2003 through this summer, was an intern, a resident and then a fellow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C.
Army records show his last address in the 11300 block of Connecticut Avenue in Kensington, Md.
Commissioned as a captain, he was promoted to major in May.
He was single and had no children, and he showed no sign of physical or mental problems in examinations as recent as September.
He was listed by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress as a fellow for disaster and preventive psychology.
As of Oct. 13, he had less than a year of clinical practice.
He attended the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md., and was devout, according to Faizul Khan, former imam at the center. He attended prayers at least once a day, seven days a week, often in his Army fatigues, Khan said.
SOURCE: Army records
