Smyrna times., 1951-10-04
DELA. COLONY
GETS NEW HEAD
Howard 7. Ennis Resigns as
Superintendent of State
Training School
HAS HAD LONG SERVICE

howard L. Ennis, SuperlpIenQent
of the Delaware Colony, the State
Training School operated by the
Delaware Commission for the Fee
bleminded, has resigned, and
George w. Bryan, an administrator
of hospitals in Florida, has been
appointed to succeed him, it was
announced recently by Mrs. Nan F.
Campbell, president of the commits
sion. Mr.. Bryan took over his new
duties at the hospital on october
1, as acting superintendent. Mr..
Ennis, whose services were praised
by the Commission, has been
granted a six months leave of alb
sence, and then will retire. The
new superintendent served as ad-
ministrator of the Baptist Memoir
ial Hospital at Tallahassee, Fla,
from 1948 to 1850. He directed the
work of converting 500-bed Army
hospital into 100-bed general hos
pital, and of stating the hospital
with all its personnel. He then
was in charge of operating the hos
pital. Later he consulted with
architects on plans for new 150-
bed hospital which was built under
his administration. Patients were
moved into the new building and he
was in charge of operating the new
hospital until he resigned in 1850
He then became business manager
for the Florida State tuberculosis
Board. He handled the states re-
lations with the contractors during
final stages of construction, and SUI
pervised the equipping and stating
of a 500-bed tuberculosis hospital
at Lantana, Fla. Mr.. Bryan oper-
ated the hospital for a time, then
trained a successor, and was trans
ferred to Tallahassee to write spec
ifications for two more tuberculosis
hospitals being built by the board.
The new appointee is a graduate
of the University of Maryland
where he received a bachelors de-
gree in 1882 and a masters degree
two years later, both in engineer
ing. He was employed as ma
chinist at the Washington Navy
Yard while attending college, ant
after his graduation served as
cost analysis engineer in Washing
ton from 1884 to 1943. From 1914;
to 1945 he served in the U. S. Navy
as a chief machinist. During thai
period he was sent to Brazil tx
construct, staff and operate
1,50o-bed, hospital built by th'
Navy for the Brazilian Govern
ment.. Since then he has remained
in the hospital construction and ad
tninistration field.
Building Program
Mrs. Campbell pointed out tina
the Stockley Institution has
building program, and that it will
be the Superintendent's responsible
ity to supervise that program a
well as to administer the Colony
She added that Mr.. Bryan told th'
Commission he and his family ar,
interested in moving to this part o
the Country to be closed to rela
tives in Washington and New York
He is 80 years old, is married an'
is the father of four children.
Mr.. Ennis Long Service
Mrs. Campbell said that Mr.. En-
mis- has been with the Institution
since it was founded and has "giv
en- long and devoted service to tn
State in a difficult job where his &C
complishments have been littl
known to the public at large" Il
recent years, she added, he has suf
fered ill health, "but has carried OF
admirably in spite of that oh
stacle." The Institution cares TO
approximately 500 Delawarean
ranging in age from six months t
more than 20 years. Those with
relatively high mental age ar
trained for useful work in and ou
of the Institution, while those
lower mental ability are simpl
cared for. Mrs. Campbell explain
ed that the aim of the Institution
program is to train the individual
to utilize their best abilities. Th
Colony has about lis employees
including those who serve on it
farm.
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