Thursday, March 8, 2012

An Oddity From Landlocked Topeka


Dr. William C. Menninger in 1924 became a Freemason in New York City while still an intern at Bellvue Hospital. He co-founded the world renowned Menninger clinic in Topeka, Kansas.  He was medical director of the clinic for 16 years and, along with his brother Karl (Topeka Lodge 17), received world wide recognition in the field of psychiatry.  Amazingly, this psychiatric icon from landlocked Topeka, Kansas, was also the original author of the Sea Scouts Skipper's Handbook!

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