Bertrand Ray Worsham

Background

Worsham, Bertrand Ray was born on February 14, 1926 in Atkins, Arkansas, United States. Son of Lewis Henry and Emma Lavada (Burris) Worsham.

Education

Bachelor, U. Arkansas, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, U. Arkansas, Little Rock, 1955.

Career

Intern, Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, 1955-1956; resident in psychiatry, Menninger School Psychiatry, Topeka, 1956-1959; private practice, 1959-1978; clinical instructor, U. Oklahoma School Medicine, 1965-1978; coordinator drug and alcohol treatment unit, Washington District of Columbia VA Medical Center, 1978-1984; medical director Norman division, Oklahoma State Veterans Center, 1984-1989; psychiatric consultant, Comty. Counselling Center, Oklahoma City, since 1989. Consultant Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital, 1959-1972, State Department Public Health, 1960-1965, helpingi to establish community mental health centers throughout Oklahoma.

Director Cmty. Mental Health Center, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1965-1972. Member of staff Coyne Campbell Hospital, 1960-1978, Baptist Medical Center, 1960-1978, Mercy Health Center, 1960-1978, Deaconess Hospital, 1963-1978, Doctor's General Hospital, 1963-1978, Presbyterian Hospital, 1962-1978, U. Health Science Center, 1962-1978, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1968-1978, Oklahoma City Veterans Administration Hospital., 1960-1978, Washington Distric.Va. Hospital, 1978-1984, Oklahoma Veterans Center, Norman, 1984-1989.

Achievements

• Bertrand Ray Worsham has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Civil Disaster Committee, Oklahoma City, 1966, United States Navy League, Oklahoma, since 1972. With United States Air Force, 1944-1946. Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1957-1986, retired.

Fellow Menninger Foundation, Charles F. Menninger Foundation. Member American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association (Oklahoma district branch 1959-1978, 84-), Association Military Surgeons ofU.S., Retired Officers Association, World Federation for Mental Health, International Platform Association, Washington Psychiatric Association, Northern Virginia Mental Health Association, Masons (32 degree), Veterans of Foreign Wars, Phi Beta Pi (Beta Theta chapter).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, church activities.

Connections

Married Margaret Ann Dickson, June 4, 1947 (divorced 1960). Children: Eric Dickson, Vicki Gayle. Married Lynne Ellen Reynolds, August 27, 1976.

Children: Mary Ellen Clarice, Richard Andrew (deceased).

Father:

Lewis Henry Worsham

Mother:

Emma Lavada (Burris) Worsham

Spouse:

Lynne Ellen Reynolds

Spouse:

Margaret Ann Dickson

child:

Mary Ellen Clarice Worsham

child:

Vicki Gayle Worsham

child:

Richard Andrew Worsham (deceased)

child:

Eric Dickson Worsham