Background
Rasmussen, Gorman Leonard was born on November 27, 1931 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Gorman and Julie (DuRack) Rasmussen.
educator social services administrator
Rasmussen, Gorman Leonard was born on November 27, 1931 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Gorman and Julie (DuRack) Rasmussen.
Bachelor, Culver Stockton College, 1959. Master of Social Work, University Missouri, 1961.
Psychiatric social worker University Missouri Medical Center, 1961—1962, Grant County Guidance Center, Lancaster, Wisconsin, 1962—1964, Racine County Mental Health Clinic, 1964—1965. Project director Gateway House, Racine, 1965—1966. Director casework service Racine Family Service, 1965—1968.
Supervisor social worker, director department medical social work Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Ontario, Canada, 1968—1973. Field instructor Waterloo Lutheran University, 1968—1971, lecturer sociology, 1968—1969. Lecturer social work Conestoga College Applied Arts and Sciences, Kitchener, 1970—1971.
Director professional service Family Service Southern Lake County, Highland Park, Illinois, 1973—1974. Director department social service, assistant professor social work University Kentucky College Medicine, 1974—1976. Director department social service M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1976—1982.
Member health curriculum advisory committee University Houston, 1976—1982. Director department social work Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada, since 1982. Executive director West Iowa Community Mental Health Center, Denison, since 1981.
Member advisory council research and demonstration project Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, 1974—1976. Treasurer Lexington-Fayette County Human Service Council. Member health task force Kentucky State Council, 1975—1976.
Member Missouri City Planning Commission, 1979—1980. Member service committee Houston division American Cancer Society, 1976—1982. Member advisory board New Age Hospice, Houston, 1978—1982.
Member Houston-Galveston Area Council, Area Health Commission, 1980. Member social service advisory committee Mount Royal College, since 1984. Member Iowa Mental Health Center Association.
President Crawford County Public Health Advisory Committee.
Member of Residential Service Society Calgary, Canada Association Social Work Administrators in Health Facilities, Society Hospital Social Work Directors American Hospital Association, Academy Certified Social Workers, Texas Society Hospital Social Work Directors, National Association Social Workers, National Social Work Oncology Group.
Married Lois Bumgarner Rasmussen, December 27, 1958. Children: Gorman Leonard, Anne Marie.