Dean R. Brooks
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Born in Colony, Kansas, Dean Kent Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree and a medical doctorate from the University of Kansas, where he also excelled as a trombonist before serving as a naval medical officer in World War II. After the war he became superintendent of Oregon State Hospital in 1955, introducing patient-centered reforms such as a resident committee, a dehumanization study, and an accredit…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
