Background
Bennett, Howard Allen was born on January 1, 1919 in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph and Belle (Turner) Bennett.
Bennett, Howard Allen was born on January 1, 1919 in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States. Son of Joseph and Belle (Turner) Bennett.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1943.
Intern, Louisville General Hospital, 1943-1944; resident in anesthesiology, U. Hospital, Iowa City, 1946-1948; professor, department chairman anesthesiology, U. Oklahoma Medical School, 1948-1955; emeritus, visiting professor, U. Oklahoma Medical School, since 1990; attending anesthesiologist, United States Veterans Administration Hospital., Oklahoma City, 1948-1955; staff, St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, 1955-1960; vice president staff, St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, 1958; private practice, Tulsa, 1955-1970; private practice, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1970-1990; retired,, 1990. Organizer department anesthesia St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, chairman 1960-1970. Department chairman anesthesia Jane Phillips Episcopal-Memorial Medical Center, 1975-1977, 1982-1984, member of staff.
Trustee Cornell College, 1978-1988, life member, 1989. Founding president of the board Hospice of Washington County, Oklahoma, 1982-1985, board directors, 1982-1990. Elder Redeemer Lutheran Church Major Medical Corps, United States Army, 1944-1947, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Medical Association, International Anesthesia Research Society, American Society Anesthesiologists(board directors 1948-1973), Southern Medical Association, Oklahoma Society Anesthesiologists (founding president 1948, president 1948-1955), Oklahoma State Medical Association, Washington-Nowata County Medical Society (president 1977), Cornell College (Iowa) Alumni Association (president 1976-1977), Hillcrest Country Club (board directors 1978-1981), PhiBeta Pi.
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Married Margaret Christensen, April 10, 1943 (divorced 1978). Children: Howard Allen Junior, Barbara L. Bennett Hubbell, Nancy G. Married Dorothy Mary Bundtzen, August 29, 1979.