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In 1990, McGraw co-founded Courtroom Sciences, Inc. Six years after joining Box, in October 1991 McGraw sold his share in the company for $325,000. In 1985, McGraw and his father partnered with Thelma Box, a Texas businesswoman, in presenting 'Pathways' self-help seminars. Early careerĪfter obtaining his doctorate, McGraw rejoined his father in Wichita Falls, Texas, where the elder McGraw had established his private psychology practice. McGraw's doctoral advisor was Frank Lawlis, who later became the primary contributing psychologist for the Dr. degree in clinical psychology in 1979 at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), where his dissertation was titled 'Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychological Intervention.' He did a year of post-doctoral training in forensic psychology at the Wilmington Institute. in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Ph.D. McGraw graduated in 1975 from Midwestern State University with a B.A. He later transferred to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. He played linebacker on the high school football team and in 1968 earned a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa, where he played middle linebacker under coach Glenn Dobbs. There he attended Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. McGraw moved to Kansas with his father as his father pursued his lifelong goal of becoming a psychologist. At age 13, he worked at an A&W Root Beer stand and a local chain called Pizza Planet in Oklahoma City. He grew up with two older sisters, Deana and Donna, and younger sister Brenda in the oilfields of North Texas where his father was an equipment supplier. and his wife, Anne Geraldine 'Jerry' ( née Stevens).

McGraw was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, on September 1, 1950, the son of Joseph J. Oprah Winfrey then helped McGraw launch his own program, Dr.

McGraw rose to fame with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s.

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He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased renewing his license to practice psychology in 2006. Phil, is an American television personality and author best known for hosting the talk show Dr. Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), better known as Dr.