Dr. Deant. Collins

Dr. Dean T. Collins, 76, of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 6, 2004 in Golden, Colorado. He was born on March 19, 1928 in Dwight, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Alverta Tracy Collins. He graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1956. He did his internship at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone. From 1956-1958 he was a Fulbright Scholar in biochemistry at the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France, and an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar in psychiatry at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and Universitaets-Nervenklinik, Tuebingen, Germany. He was a resident of psychiatry from 1958-1963 at Topeka State Hospital, C.F. Meninger Memorial Hosital and Kansas Neurological Institute. In 1963, he began working as a staff psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic. Over the next 40 years, he became an expert in the treatment of pateints with serious mental illnesses. Also at Menninger, he taught psychiatric residents and served as director of psychiatric services. In recognition of outstanding clinical and teaching skills, he was named a Herbert C. Modlin Professor. Dr. Collins originated the Psychocultural Series of foreign films and discussion. After finishing his work at Menninger, he continued to see patients in private practice and worked for disability determination services in the Social Security Administration.

Dr. Collins was a active in many community organizations, especially the Topeka Opera Society as past president and program chairman. He and his wife attended operas and concerts throughout the world. He married Dr. Elisabeth Bartholdi on May 16, 1959 at Junction City, Kansas. She survives. Other survivors include his older brother, Dale Collins, of Wichita, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his brother, Keith ,and his sister, Ethel .

Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Cremation has taken place and private inurnment will be held in Penwell-Gabel Memorial Park Cemetery, 6th and Gage, Topeka. Memorial contributions may be given to the TOSCA Voice Scholarship at the Topeka Community Foundation, 5431 S.W. 29th St., Topeka, Kansas 66614 or to the Kansas University Endowment Association for student foreign study scholarships, P.O. Box 928, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.