Background
Bower, Willis Herman was born on March 1, 1916 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of George Stuart and Katharine Wilhelmina (Barkmann) Bower.
medical administrator psychiatrist
Bower, Willis Herman was born on March 1, 1916 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of George Stuart and Katharine Wilhelmina (Barkmann) Bower.
Bachelor of Arts, Knox College, 1936; Doctor of Medicine Northwestern University, 1941.
Intern, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, 1941-1942; resident in psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital., McKinney, Texas, 1946-1948; resident in psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1948-1949; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, San Francisco, 1950-1952; psychiatrist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1952-1961; superintendent, Colorado Eastern State Hospital, Pueblo, 1961-1963; director outpatient department, University of California at Los Angeles Neuropsychiat. Institute, 1963-1965; deputy director research and training, California Department Mental Hygiene, 1965-1967; superintendent, Arizona Eastern State Hospital, 1967-1974; assistant director behavioral health, Arizona Department Health Services, 1974-1975; manager admission services, San Bernardino County (California) Department Mental Health, 1975-1976; director psychiatric geriatrics services department psychiatry, Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix, 1976-1981; associate department chairman psychiatry, Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix, 1978-1981; instructor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 1956-1961; associate professor clinical psychiatry, U. Colorado School Medicine, 1961-1963; assistant professor psychiatry in residence, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1961-1963; lecturer psychiatry, U. Arizona Medical School, 1972-1975.
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Psychiatric Association. Fellow American College Psychiatrists.
Married Frances Lorraine Taylor, September 26, 1946. Children: George Stuart, Theodore Kent, Penelope Wray.