ATSU honors alumnus, dedicates Couts Learning Center
Posted: August 25, 2010
ATSU faculty, staff, and administration, as well as friends of the late Fred Couts, D.O., ’53, gathered on ATSU’s Missouri campus this spring to dedicate the Couts Learning Center, formerly the Administration Building.
ATSU-KCOM received $7 million from Dr. Couts, a St. Louis family care physician who left the founding school of osteopathic medicine its largest gift upon his death. Dr. Couts treated patients in St. Louis for 55 years, strongly believed in the unique form of healthcare that is osteopathic medicine, and was part of what some term “a dying breed” of physicians whose motto was “patients first, everything else second.”
Pictured are KCOM Dean Phil Slocum, D.O., ’76, and President Jack Magruder unveiling a plaque commemorating Dr. Couts and the Couts Learning Center.