Henry Rust O’Brien

Background

O’Brien, Henry Rust was born on July 14, 1891 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of James Putnam and Lizzie (Coffin) O’B.

Education

Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1919. Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1931.

Career

Hospital, 1919, United States Marine Hospital, Ellis Island, New York, 1919-1920, Manhattan Maternity Hospital and Dispensary, 1920. Staff member Bureau Mines, United States Public Health Service, 1920-1921. Member international health board Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand, 1921-1925.

Assistant resident in surgery Cincinnati General Hospital, 1925-1926.

Associate physician McCormick Hospital, Chiengmai, Thailand, 1926-1931. Commissioner health Lorain County, O., 1931-1934, Chattaraugus County, New York, 1935-1941.

Assistant district state health officer New York State Department Health, 1934-1935. Director local health administration Connecticut Department Health, 1941-1943.

Commissioned lieutenant colonel United States Public Health Service, 1943, advanced through grades to colonel.

Assigned to Cairo, Sydney, Manila, Shanghai, Washington, Addis Ababa, 1943-1955. Director profl, education Pennsylvania Department Health, 1955-1964. Guest lecturer Western Reserve University, Cornell Univercity, University of Minnesota Diplomate American Board Preventive Medicine.

Achievements

• Henry Rust O’Brien has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member international health board Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand, 1921-1925. Fellow American Public Health Association, Australian Computer Society, Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Health, American College Preventive Medicine. Member of the American Medical Association, American Society Tropical Medicine and Health, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Mary L. Phillips Carr, March 24, 1926. Children: Martha Jane (Mistress Giles C. Fenn), Susan (Mistress Susan Bowman), James Putnam.

Father:

James Putnam O’B.

Mother:

Lizzie (Coffin) O’B.

Spouse:

Mary L. Phillips Carr

child:

James Putnam O’Brien

child:

Martha Jane O’Brien (Mistress Giles C. Fenn)

child:

Susan O’Brien (Mistress Susan Bowman)