Ewald William Busse (August 18, 1917 – March 7, 2004) was an American psychiatrist, gerontologist, author and academic administrator best known for being the dean of the Duke University School of Medicine.
The son of German immigrants, Busse was born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri[1] and educated at Westminster College and the Washington University School of Medicine.
[2] In 1953, he moved to Duke University, where he became the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, before eventually becoming Associate Provost and Dean of Medical Education in 1974.
[2] Busse, Ewald W., et al. “Studies of the Processes of Aging: Factors that Influence the Psyche of Elderly Persons,” American Journal of Psychiatry 110(12) (June 1954): 897-903.
Busse, Ewald W. Therapeutic Implications of Basic Research with the Aged: The Fourth Annual Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital Award Lecture in Memory of Edward A. Strecker, M.D.
Busse, Ewald W. “APA’s Role in Influencing the Evolution of a Health Care Delivery System,” American Journal of Psychiatry 126(5) (Nov. 1969): 739-744.
Busse, Ewald W. “The Council on Mental Health Services,” American Journal of Psychiatry 126(10) (April 1970): 1531-1533.
Busse, Ewald W. “The Presidential Address: There are Decisions to Be Made,” American Journal of Psychiatry 129(1) (July 1972): 1-9.
Busse, Ewald W. The Present and Future Importance of Patterns of Private Psychiatric Practice in the Delivery of Mental Health Services: Report of the Task Force.
Cerebral Manifestations of Episodic Cardiac Dysrhythmias: Proceeding of a Symposium, June 19-20, 1978, Miami, Florida.
Aging, the Universal Human Experience: Selected Papers from the Symposia of the XIIIth Congress of the International Association of Gerontology.