Background
Shurly, Burt Russell was born on July 4, 1871 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Colonel Edmund R. P. and Augusta (Godwin) Shurly.
Vice-President Detroit Board of Education
Shurly, Burt Russell was born on July 4, 1871 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Colonel Edmund R. P. and Augusta (Godwin) Shurly.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1894. Doctor of Medicine Detroit College of Medicine, 1895. Post-graduate course, University of Vienna.
Medical; consultant laryngologist Harper Hospital. Chief of staff Shurly Hospital. Laryngologist and otologist Woman’s Hospital.
President Detroit Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Actg. assistant surgeon United States Army and United States Navy, Spanish-American War. Passed assistant surgeon, chief surgeon Michigan Naval Brig.
Lieut. colonel M.R.C. Medical director commanding Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Base Hospital Northern 36, service in France, 1917-1919. Colonel Medical R.C.
Member Board of Education, Detroit (president). Fellow American College Surgeons, American College Physicians, American Academy Medicine. Member of the American Medical Association, Michigan State Medical Society, American Laryngol.
Association (president 1935), American Otological Society, American Climatological and Clinical Association (ex-president), American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (ex-president), American Association Rhinology, Laryngology and Otology, American Rhinological, Laryngol. and Otological Association (ex-president). Mason.; Member Loyal Legion, American Legion, Military Order World War (former surgeon-general. Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Athletic, University, Intercollegiate Alumni, Country, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Ile Country, Prismatic, Grist Mill.
Member Order of Purple Heart.
Married Viola Palms, June 28, 1905. Children: Marie G., Beatrice A., Burt Russell, Edmund R. P., Fredricka P. Practiced, Detroit, since 1895.