H. Keith H. Brodie

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Keith Brodie
Brodie circa 1986
7th President of Duke University
In office
1985–1993
Preceded byTerry Sanford
Succeeded byNannerl O. Keohane
Personal details
Born(1939-08-24)August 24, 1939
New Canaan, Connecticut
DiedDecember 2, 2016(2016-12-02) (aged 77)
Durham, North Carolina
Alma materPrinceton University
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Occupationpsychiatrist

Harlow Keith Hammond Brodie

educator, and former president of Duke University.[2]

Life and education

Born in New Canaan, Connecticut, Brodie attended the New Canaan Country School before studying chemistry at Princeton University and medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He and classmate Davida Coady tutored nurses in pharmacology and other subjects and assisted with basic medical care at the Firestone Hospital in Harbel, Liberia.[3]

He completed an internship in internal medicine at the

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.[4][5]

Career

In 1968, Brodie joined the National Institute of Mental Health as a clinical associate.

From 1970 to 1974 he taught at Stanford University and was chair of Stanford's Medical School Faculty Senate and director of the General Research Center.[4][5]

In 1974, Brodie moved to

Nan Keohane, through the creation of the Women's Initiative.[2]
After his term as president, Brodie continued teaching and clinical work.

Publication

Handbook of Psychiatry volume 29

ISBN 978-620-0-48143-6; cowritten with Javad Nurbakhsh; and Hamideh Jahangiri.[6]

Awards

Brodie received the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the psychopharmacology prize of the American Psychological Association, and the Edward A. Streck Award of the Pennsylvania Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He served as president of the

Institute of Medicine
.

Duke University

While serving as university president, Brodie opted to live at his own private residence rather than in the president's official residence, the J. Deryl Hart House, or the guest residence, Kirby House.[7]

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