Thomas Robert Brigante

Background

Brigante, Thomas Robert was born on May 31, 1930 in Buffalo. Son of Michael Harry Brigante and Beatrice Rita (Steinwachs) Yax.

Education

Bachelor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1951; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1956; Master of Science in Comm. Mental Health, Harvard University, 1961.

Career

Staff psychologist, Brockton (Massachusetts) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1956-1960; National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow, Harvard School Public Health, Boston, 1960-1961; research associate, Harvard School Public Health, Boston, 1961-1962; director mental health services, Claremont (California) Colls., 1962-1967; visiting associate professor psychology, Claremont Graduate School, 1967-1968; chief psychologist, Casa Colina Rehabilitation Center, Pomona, California, 1967-1968; co-director, Claremont Psychological Association, Inc., since 1967.

Achievements

• Thomas Robert Brigante has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Corporal United States Army, 1949-1950. Member American Psychological Association (founding member division community psychology), California Psychological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, sports.

Connections

Married MaryEllen Chasey, August 29, 1951. Children: Beth Ellen Higbee, David Michael.

Father:

Michael Harry Brigante Yax

Mother:

Beatrice Rita (Steinwachs) Yax

Spouse:

MaryEllen Chasey

child:

Beth Ellen Higbee Brigante

child:

David Michael Brigante