Albert R. Behnke

Albert Richard Behnke Jr., MD
Nickname(s)McGinty[1]
Born(1903-08-08)August 8, 1903
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJanuary 16, 1992(1992-01-16) (aged 88)
San Francisco, California
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Service / branchUnited States Navy
Years of service1929–1959
RankCaptain
AwardsNavy and Marine Corps Medal

Captain Albert Richard Behnke Jr. USN (ret.) (August 8, 1903 – January 16, 1992) was an American physician, who was principally responsible for developing the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute.[2] Behnke separated the symptoms of Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) from those of decompression sickness and suggested the use of oxygen in recompression therapy.[3][4]

Behnke is also known as the "modern-day father" of human body composition for his work in developing the hydrodensitometry method of measuring body density, his standard man and woman models as well as a somatogram based on anthropometric measurements.[5]

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