Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Peter, M. L.
Contributed by Stephen B. Peter
Born in Oxford, Kansas, on February 19, 1908, Maurice Peter moved with his parents to Pawnee, Oklahoma, in 1910. He was a 1933 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He devoted his entire 34 years of his life to serving public health in Oklahoma. With an MPH from Johns Hopkins, he served, consecutively, as Director of the Kay, Payne Okmulgee, Okfuskee and Oklahoma City-County Health Departments. He was board certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He was President of the Oklahoma Public Health Association in 1949. He died September 29, 1969 in Oklahoma City, while still on the job. The next day, the Oklahoma City Times wrote that he enforced public health codes with a Will of Iron.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
