Gwynn Brice Dockery was born in Portland, Oregon. She attended Portland General Extension and the London School of Economics in London, England, in 1937-39. Later she also attended New York University. In 1942, she was hired as the secretary to Ralf Couch, Business Manager and Administrator of Outpatient Services at the University of Oregon Medical School. She later served as the assistant administrator of Hospitals and Clinics of the University of Oregon Medical School and continued in this capacity when the medical, nursing, and dental schools merged to become the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (UOHSC). She held a faculty position as Associate Professor (1970). By 1973 title listed as Administrative Director, Hospital and Clinic Central Services. In late 1973 became Assistant Administrator Outpatient Clinics, and at time of retirement in 1977 was Assistant Administrator of UOHSC Hospitals and Clinics.
From the guide to the Guide to the Gwynn Brice Dockery Papers, 1934-1977, (Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives)
