Howard G. Bruenn (1905 – July 25, 1995) was an American physician who served as Physician to the President and attended to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the year before his death.[1]
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 | July 25, 1995 (aged 90) Sorrento, Maine, US |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
Biography
editBruenn 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]
References
edit- ^ a b Smith, Merriman (April 12, 1945). "Roosevelt dies of stroke at Little White House". UPI. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Onishi, Norimitsu (August 2, 1995). "Howard Bruenn, 90, Roosevelt's Doctor In Last Year of Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ Columbia College today. New York, New York: Columbia College (Columbia University). 1955.
- ^ a b "Howard G. Bruenn | Archives & Special Collections". www.library-archives.cumc.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "The Dying President". Hyde Park, New York: Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved February 4, 2022.