Background
Leavell, Elizabeth Boykin was born in 1924 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States.
Leavell, Elizabeth Boykin was born in 1924 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, 1950.
Rotating intern Roper Hospital, Charleston, 1950—1951, resident Pediatrics, 1951—1953, chief resident, 1953—1954. Pediatrician Civil Service Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, 1954—1955. Pediatrician Aiken, South Carolina, 1955—1961, Atlanta, 1962—1986.
Retired, 1986
Chief pediatrics Holy Family Hospital, Atlanta, 1967, South Fulton Hospital, Atlanta, 1970. Clinic pediatrician Crippled Children's Clinic, Atlanta, 1980—1985. Director medical education Pediatrics St. Joseph Hospital, Atlanta, 1962—1968.
Medical director Central Presbyterian Baby Clinic, Atlanta, 1962—1968. President Sumter County History Society, 2007—2008.
Fellow: American Academy Pediatrics (chairman Fetus and Newborn committee Georgia chapter).
Daughter of William de Saussure and Elizabeth (Hood) Boykin. Married Seth Eugene Latham (deceased). Children: Seth Eugene Latham Junior, Margaret Elizabeth Latham Davis, Richard Boykin Latham, William deSaussure Latham.
Married Lewis Edward Leavell, Junior, August 16, 1985 (deceased).