Otto Dyck Klassen

Background

Klassen, Otto Dyck was born on May 10, 1927 in Bluffton, Ohio, United States. Son of John Peter and Anna (Dyck) Klassen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Bluffton College, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1953.

Career

Rotating intern, Wayne County General Hospital, Plymouth, Michigan, 1953-1954; resident in psychiatry, Karl Menninger School Psychiatry, Topeka, 1954-1957; resident in child psychiatry, Karl Menninger School Psychiatry, Topeka, 1957-1959; private practice child psychiatry, Adams Newsom & Morrow, Wichita, Kansas, 1959-1962; founding medical director, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Elkhart, Indiana, 1962-1987; senior psychiatrist, Oaklawn Psychiatric Center, Goshen, Indiana, 1987-1991; private practice child psychiatry, Goshen, since 1991.

Achievements

• Otto Dyck Klassen has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Elkhart County Board Health, Goshen, since 1994, Boys' and Girls' Clubs, Goshen, since 1995. Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Society (life), American Psychiatric Association (life, district branch president), American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (life), Association of Social Psychiatry.

Member American Medical Association, Rotary, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, swimming, classical music, furniture building.

Connections

Married Helen Bohn, December 18, 1948 (deceased March 1969). Children: Ruth Klassen Andrews, Frieda Klassen McRae, Beth Klassen Landis, Olivia Klassen Elliott. Married Jerrie May, July 7, 1973.

1 child, Michelle Antioho.

Father:

John Peter Klassen

Mother:

Anna (Dyck) Klassen

Spouse:

Jerrie May

Spouse:

Helen Bohn

child:

Frieda Klassen McRae Klassen

child:

Olivia Klassen Elliott Klassen

child:

Ruth Klassen Andrews Klassen

child:

Beth Klassen Landis Klassen

child:

Michelle Antioho Klassen