John David Sinclair, Ph.D
He graduated from Fairmont Senior High School, attended Carnegie Tech University, got his bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati, and his master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in psychology, doing research on alcoholism and the functioning of the brain. His book, “The Rest Principle,” was published in 1981. After graduation in 1972, he moved to Helsinki, Finland, and worked in the ALKO Laboratories to continue his quest to find a new treatment for alcoholism. His work helped create many alcohol treatment clinics around the world.