Albert Edmond Brees

Background

Brees, Albert Edmond was born on April 8, 1919 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Emile Brees and Emma De Graeve.

Education

Degree in Latin-Greek Classic Studies magna cum laude, College Notre Dame, Antwerp, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U., Louvain, 1944; postgraduate, School Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.

Career

Colonial doctor, Belgian Congo, 1945-1949; general practice, 1949-1953; assistant rheumatology, U. Ghent, 1953-1957; private practice, Ghent, Belgium, since 1957. Medical director Center Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Ghent, 1958.

Achievements

• Albert Edmond Brees has been listed as a noteworthy Rheumatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Greta Goethals. Children: Robert, Peter.

Father:

Emile Brees

Mother:

Emma De Graeve

Spouse:

Greta Goethals

child:

Robert Brees

child:

Peter Brees