Mary Eleanor Brown

Background

Brown, Mary Eleanor was born on January 1, 1906 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Sumner Locher and Mary Kate (Eagles) Brown. Student University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1927-1928.

Education

Student, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1927—1928. Bachelor, Barnard College, 1931. Master of Arts, New York University, 1941.

Postgraduate, New York University, 1942—1945. Postgraduate, Western Reserve University, 1960—1961. Postgraduate, University Miami, Miami-Dade Junior College, 1971—1972.

Postgraduate, Cuesta Community College, 1977—1979.

Career

Supervising physical therapist, research assistant Institute Crippled and Disabled, New York City, 1941—1946. Instructor education New York University, 1942—1946. Physical therapist Childrens Rehabilitation Institute, Cockeysville, Maryland, 1946.

Organizing director physical education State Rehabilitation Hospital, West Haverstraw, New York, 1946—1947. Physical therapy consultant National Society Crippled Children and Adults, Chicago, 1947—1949. Physical therapy consultant, director professor services, director cerebral palsy school New York State Department Health, Albany, New York, Eastern New York Orthopaedics Hospital School, Schenectady, 1949—1953.

Chief physical therapist Bird S. Coler Hospital Chronic Diseases, New York City, 1953—1954. Chief physical therapist, instructor education St. Vincents Hospital and New York University, 1954—1958. Chief research associate hand research Highland View Hospital, Cleveland, 1958—1964, consultant on kinesiology, hand research, 1964—1965.

Supervisor continuing education physical therapists, assistant professor physical therapy Case Western Reserve University, 1964—1968. Director physical therapy Margaret Wagner House of Benjamin Rose Institute, 1968—1970. Free lance writer, from 1970.

Advisory board community services department Cuesta Community College, San Luis Obispo, California, 1977—1992. 1st Mary Eleanor Brown lecturer clinical physical therapy research Institute Rehabilitation and Research, Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1979.

Achievements

• Mary Eleanor Brown has been listed as a noteworthy physical therapist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Therapeutic Recreation and Exercise: Range-Of-Motion Activities for Health and Well-Being

Membership

Volunteer United Nations and University for Peace, Costa Rica, from 1982. Member of Foundation Global Community, Women International Peace and Arbitration, American Physical Therapy Association (Catherine Worthingham fellow 1990, Lucy Blair Service award 1984), International Society General Semantics, Institute General Semantics.

Connections

Father:

Sumner Locher Wisconsin-Madison

Mother:

Mary Kate (Eagles) Brown. Student University of Wisconsin -Madison