Background
Colyar, Ardell Benton was born on March 24, 1914 in Altus, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Richard N. and Algae (Hughes) Colyar.
Colyar, Ardell Benton was born on March 24, 1914 in Altus, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Richard N. and Algae (Hughes) Colyar.
Student, Oklahoma City University, 1937. Doctor of Medicine, University Oklahoma, 1941. Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1951.
Graduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1964.
Commissioned officer United States Public Health Service, 1943-1966, medical director, 1966. Rotating intern Broadlawns General Hospital, Des Moines, 1941-1942, resident surgery, 1942-1943. Assigned Oklahoma Health Department, 1944-1948.
Division director Venereal Disease Control, 1946-1948. Clinical investigator Oklahoma University Medical School, 1945-1947. Health officer Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, 1949-1950.
Medical consultant, 1951-1954. Director Arctic Health Research Center, 1954-1965. Deputy chief Medical Care Administration, 1966.
Commissioner health Oklahoma, 1966-1971. Director Anchorage Health Department, 1971-1976. Practice preventive and industrial medicine Anchorage, 1976-1984.
Professor public health administration University Oklahoma School Health.
Fellow American College Preventive Medicine. Member American Public Health Association, American Medical Association, American Association Public Health Physicians.
Married Florence Benita Morgan, September 1, 1939. Children– Ardell Benita (Mistress John T. Strauss), Paula Cay (Mistress Larry D. Jackson), Berrie Dee, Melodie Rae (Mistress Christopher Lane).
