Harry C. Solomon

(1889-1982) born at Hastings. Psychiatrist, educator, considered pioneer in deinstitutionalization of mentally ill patients and humanizing treatment by elminating such practices as continuous restraints and overmedication as early as 1943 when he became head of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center; as commissioner of mental health for Massachusetts from 1959 to 1968 he implemented program changes to facilitate patient rehabilitation which have since been adopted in various forms nationwide; previously was at Harvard University, authored several articles in medical journals, and co-authored or edited six books. Consult Saturday Review, June 4, 1960, pp. 46-47 and New York Times obituary, May 25, 1982, p. D-23 and Annual Obituary 1982 (St. Martin's Press, 1983) 238-240 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 8 (1985) 374.

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