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Cedarcrest

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :
Not available.

Statutory Authority :
Not available.

Agency History :

1910, established by the State Tuberculosis Commission as the Hartford County Home for the Care and Treatment of Persons Suffering from Tuberculosis.
1924-1926?, renamed Cedarcrest Sanatorium.
1957, transferred to Commission on Tuberculosis and other Chronic Illness
1959, transferred to the Health Dept. Office of Tuberculosis Control, Hospital Care, and Rehabilitation, per P.A. 148.
1976, February, ceased operation as a sanatorium, and the treatment of chronic diseases. Facility transferred to the Dept. of Mental Health. Reopened as a psychiatric facility and renamed Cedarcrest Regional Hospital, per P.A. 77-200.
1995, transferred to Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Published Histories/Articles :
Thorough information is included in the annual reports of the Tuberculosis Commission, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc T791sc]

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Not available

Annual Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc T791sc]
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d]

State Archives Record Group : RG 179 (Special Care Sanatoria)

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Superintendent

 
L. Rogers Morse 1946-Aug. 1, 1952
Reginald C. Edson 1952-1955
Paul S. Phelps 1955-1957
R.C. Edson 1957-1960
John P. Bachman 1961-1972
Wallace W. Turner 1972-1976
Vincenzo Cocilovo 1976-1981
Raimo A. Vaisanen 1981-1983
Carl A. Cappello 1983-1987
Judith Normandin 1987-1991
David Hunter (Acting) 1992
David Hunter 1993-1996
Andrew J. Phillips 1997-1998
John H. Simsarian 1999
Peter Mendelson (Acting) 2000
Chief Executive Officer  
Peter Mendelson 2001-2002
Susan Graham 2003-Present

 

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 6/2008.