IAHP - Key Persons
Glenn Doman founded The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP). Parents from every continent have found their way here for more than a half-century.
Glenn Doman was decorated by George VI with the British Military Cross for outstanding heroism in action during World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States for extraordinary heroism in combat, the Silver Star for gallantry against an armed enemy, and the Bronze Star for heroism in close combat. He was decorated by the Grand Duchess Charlotte for services to the Duchy of Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge. He was nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor by General George Patton, Commander of the 3rd Army in France and Germany.
He was the first to be honored with the Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Award, for his pioneering work in functional neurology and providing a path to a better future for tens of thousands of brain-injured children, from The Institutes for Functional Medicine in March 1996.
His primary work continued to be with severely brain-injured children. He was nose-to-nose with "the finest parents in the world and the most heroic children," teaching the staff and the parents better ways to make hurt kids well.
He always said that his most prized possessions were the letters he received from mothers from all over the world telling him of the joy they discovered in teaching their children. These days, letters arrive from grandmothers too, telling of the lifelong benefits they have seen as the result of using his books when their children were young.
In contrast to those decorations, he was knighted by the Brazilian government in 1966 for his services to the children of the world and received that country's highest decoration, the Knight Order of the Southern Cross.
Glenn received the Raymond A. Dart Steel Brain Award from the The United Steelworkers of America in 1971, and in 1979 The International Association for Childbirth at Home honored him with the Great Humanitarian Award, in recognition of service and dedication to mothers, babies and families. He was cited with The American Dental Association Award in 1982, in recognition of the contribution made to the scientific program of the 123rd session. Additional honors include The Mentor Award from the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry in 1987.