Forest Delbert Harris

Background

Harris, Forest Delbert was born on February 23, 1923 in Barbados, West Indies. Son of Delbert Hutson and Violet Inez (Foster) Harris.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951.

Career

Medical rotating intern, St. Louis City Hospital, 1951-1952; residency in pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1952-1954; private practice, pediatrics, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1954-1957; private practice, pediatrics, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1957-1987; medical director, Miller Manor, Inc., Lawton, Oklahoma, 1974-1987; medical director substance abuse, Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center, Lawton, since 1987. Chief of pediatrics, Southwest Clinic Hospital, Lawton, 1957-1985. Instructor Oklahoma U. School Medicine, Oklahoma City, 1958-1990.

Achievements

• Forest Delbert Harris has been listed as a noteworthy Rehabilitation services professional by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Medical director Miller Manor Home, Helen Holliday Home, Lawton, since 1974. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics. Member American Medical Association, Oklahoma State Medical Society, American Society Addiction Medicine, Royal Philatalic Society of London, Comanche, Cotton, Tillman County Medical Society (president 1978), others.

Interests

• Avocations: philataly, photography.

Connections

Married Alberta Sakowska, October 5, 1945 (deceased 1952). 1 child, Paul D.; married Eva Colvert, September 5, 1954 (divorced 1961). 1 child, Raymond H.; married June Bell, October 5, 1961.

Father:

Delbert Hutson Harris

Mother:

Violet Inez (Foster) Harris

Spouse:

June Bell

Spouse:

Alberta Sakowska

Spouse:

Eva Colvert

child:

Raymond H. Harris

child:

Paul D. Harris