Superintendents

Superintendent Tenure
Alson Dawson, MD 1 Jun 1882Minutes of the Commission on the Indigent Insane, p. 373 – 3 Apr 1883Report of the Commissioners of the Indigent Insane and the Report of the Superintendent of Nevada Insane Asylum for the Years 1883 and 1884, page ii. Bio
Simeon Bishop, MD 4 Apr 1883 – 28 Feb 1891Report of the Commissioners for the Care of the Indigent Insane of Nevada and Report of the Nevada State Insane Asylum at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1891-92. page 4. Bio
George H. Thoma, MD 1 Mar 1891 – 31 Jan 1895Report of the Commissioners for the Care of the Indigent Insane and Report of Superintendent Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases, 1895-1896, p. 5. Bio
Henry Bergstein, MD 1 Feb 1895 – 31 May 1899 Bio
William Henry Patterson, MD 1 Jun 1899Nevada State Journal 26 May 1899, p. 2, col. 3, "Brevities;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 6 Mar 2010). – 15 Nov 1904Reno Evening Gazette, 15 Nov 1904, p. 3, col. 3, "Farewell To Old Officials;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 Mar 2010).
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Samuel Carroll Gibson, MD 16 Nov 1904 – 30 Jun 1911Nevada State Journal, 27 Jun 1911, p. 3, col. 4, "Gibson Is Paid Usual Reward;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 Mar 2010). Bio
John Alexander Lewis, MD 1 Jul 1911 – 31 Jan 1915Reno Evening Gazette, 6 Jan 1915, p. 9, col. 2, "New Asylum Head Is Dr. Sullivan;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 Mar 2010).
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John Jerome Sullivan, AM, MD 1 Feb 1915 – Spring 1919
Rodney H. Richardson, MD mid-May 1919Report of the Superintendent of the Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases, 1919-1920. – 2 Jan 1927
George Ritter Smith, MD 3 Jan 1927Reno Evening Gazette, 31 Dec 1926, p. 1, col. 8, "Hospital Goes To Dr. Smith;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 18 Mar 2010). – 30 Jun 1935
James C. Ferrell, MD 1 Jul 1935Nevada State Journal, 27 Jun 1935, p. 1, col. 4, "Ferrell Gets Hospital Job;" digital image, Newspaperarchive.com (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 18 Mar 2010). – 14 Jan 1941
Rodney Elbridge Wyman, MD 15 Jan 1941 – 30 Jun 1945
Sidney Joseph Tillim, MD 25 Sep 1945Report of the Superintendent of the Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases, July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1946. – Oct 1961
Jules Magnette, MD (acting) Oct 1961 – Aug 1962
Lowell R. Hughes, MD Sep 1962 – 1964
Jules Magnette, MD 1964 – 1966
Robert McAllister, PhD, MD 1966