Howard Bruenn | |
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Physician to the President | |
In office 1944–1945 | |
President | Franklin Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Ross T. McIntire |
Succeeded by | Wallace H. Graham |
Personal details | |
Born | 1905 Youngstown, Ohio, US |
Died | Sorrento, Maine, US | July 25, 1995 (aged 90)
Education |
Columbia University (
BA) Johns Hopkins University ( MD) |
Howard G. Bruenn (1905 – July 25, 1995) was an American medical doctor who served as Physician to the President and attended to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the year before his death. [1]
Bruenn was born in Youngstown, Ohio. [2] He graduated from Columbia College in 1925 and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1929. [2] [3] [4] He interned at Boston City Hospital and completed his residency at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. [4]
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander. [2]
Bruenn was transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where he became chief of cardiology. After giving President Franklin D. Roosevelt a routine health check, he was assigned to be the President's physician. [2] He traveled with the President wherever he went, including the Yalta Conference. [5] He was one of the only three people present in Roosevelt's personal quarters in the Little White House when he died on April 12, 1945. [1]
After the President's death, Bruenn returned to private practice until his retirement in 1975 as consultant emeritus and retired chief of the Vanderbilt Clinic at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. [2]
Bruenn, a lifelong resident of Riverdale, Bronx, died on July 29, 1995, in his summer home in Sorrento, Maine at 90 years old. [2]
Howard Bruenn | |
---|---|
Physician to the President | |
In office 1944–1945 | |
President | Franklin Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Ross T. McIntire |
Succeeded by | Wallace H. Graham |
Personal details | |
Born | 1905 Youngstown, Ohio, US |
Died | Sorrento, Maine, US | July 25, 1995 (aged 90)
Education |
Columbia University (
BA) Johns Hopkins University ( MD) |
Howard G. Bruenn (1905 – July 25, 1995) was an American medical doctor who served as Physician to the President and attended to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the year before his death. [1]
Bruenn was born in Youngstown, Ohio. [2] He graduated from Columbia College in 1925 and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1929. [2] [3] [4] He interned at Boston City Hospital and completed his residency at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. [4]
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander. [2]
Bruenn was transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where he became chief of cardiology. After giving President Franklin D. Roosevelt a routine health check, he was assigned to be the President's physician. [2] He traveled with the President wherever he went, including the Yalta Conference. [5] He was one of the only three people present in Roosevelt's personal quarters in the Little White House when he died on April 12, 1945. [1]
After the President's death, Bruenn returned to private practice until his retirement in 1975 as consultant emeritus and retired chief of the Vanderbilt Clinic at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. [2]
Bruenn, a lifelong resident of Riverdale, Bronx, died on July 29, 1995, in his summer home in Sorrento, Maine at 90 years old. [2]