Charles Kirk Avent

Background

Avent, Charles Kirk was born on October 27, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of C. Harold and Emily Schoolfield (Wallace) Avent.

Education

Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1961; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1965.

Career

Resident in medicine, University Hospital, Birmingham, 1965-1968; fellow in infectious disease, U. Washington, Seattle, 1968-1970; from instructor medicine to professor, U. Alabama School Medicine, Birmingham, since 1970. Director medical clerkships U. Alabama School Medicine, Birmingham, since 1981, title IX coordinator, 1976-1978.

Achievements

• Charles Kirk Avent has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American College Physicians, Infectious Disease Society American, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Rosalie Phillips Adams, August 16, 1962 (divorced March 1981). Children: Emily Wallace, Mary Adams Avent Mezera. Married Nancee Ruth Neel, December 17, 1983.

1 child, Clayton B. Neel.

Father:

C. Harold Avent

Mother:

Emily Schoolfield (Wallace) Avent

Spouse:

Rosalie Phillips Adams

Spouse:

Nancee Ruth Neel

child:

Emily Wallace Avent

child:

Mary Adams Avent Mezera Avent

child:

Clayton B. Neel Avent