Dr. Dean T. Collins, 76, Topeka, died Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, in Golden, Colo. He was born March 19, 1928, at Junction City, Kansas, the son of Lawrence and Alverta Tracy Collins. He grew up on the family farm on Humboldt Creek in Geary County, Kansas with a two brothers, Keith and Dale and a sister E.I. Dean graduated from The University of Kansas Medical School in 1956. He did his internship at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone. From 1956 to 1958, he was a Fulbright Scholar in biochemistry at the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France, and an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar in psychiatry at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Universitaets-Nervenklinik, Tuebingen, Germany. He was a resident of psychiatry from 1958 to 1963 at Topeka State Hospital, C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital and Kansas Neurological Institute. In 1963, he began working as a staff psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic. Over the next 40 years, he became an expert in the treatment of patients with serious mental illnesses. Also at Menninger, he taught psychiatric residents and served as director of psychiatric services. In recognition of outstanding clinical and teaching skills, he was named a Herbert C. Modlin Professor. Dr. Collins originated the Psychocultural Series of foreign films and discussion. After finishing his work at Menninger, he continued to see patients in private practice and worked for disability determination services in the Social Security Administration. Dr. Collins was active in many community organizations, especially the Topeka Opera Society as past president and program chairman. He and his wife attended operas and concerts throughout the world. He married Dr. Elisabeth Bartholdi on May 16, 1959, in Junction City. At death he was survived by his beloved wife, Elisabeth. Other survivors included a brother, Dale Collins, Wichita, two nieces Cheryl Collins, Manhattan, Jayne Rudd, Wichita, and one nephew, Larry Young, Junction City. Dean was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Keith Collins and sister, E.I. Field. Inurnment is at Penwell-Gabel Memorial Park Cemetery, S.W. 6th and Gage Blvd.