# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-lawrence-mcpheeters
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:27.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-lawrence-mcpheeters"
name: "Harold Lawrence McPheeters"
slug: "harold-lawrence-mcpheeters"
description: "Harold Lawrence McPheeters was an American psychiatrist and a key figure in human services, called \"the father of Human Services.\" He served as the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Mental Health from 1957 to 1964."
tagline: "American psychiatrist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Harold_Lawrence_McPheeters%2C_Commissioner_of_the_Department_of_Mental_Health_in_1957_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1923-03-10"
deathDate: "2021-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           25.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.733801333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lawrence_McPheeters"
    title: "Harold Lawrence McPheeters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lawrence_McPheeters"
    title: "Harold Lawrence McPheeters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harold_Lawrence_McPheeters"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harold_Lawrence_McPheeters"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23683337"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump