George Cooper Morris

Background

Morris,, George Cooper was born on February 15, 1924 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of George Cooper and Mary (Terrell) Morris.

Education

Student, Washington and Lee University, 1943. Student, Duke University, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1948.

Career

Intern University Pennsylvania Hospital, 1948-1949. Resident, 1949-1950; resident in surgery Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, 1955-1956. Assistant instructor University Pennsylvania, 1949-1950.

Member faculty department surgery Baylor College Medicine, Houston, since 1950, professor surgery, since 1968, director surgical research laboratory, 1957-1962. Member staff Methodist Hospital, Houston, since 1957, senior attending surgeon, since 1965. Attending surgeon Jefferson Davis Hospital, 1958-1963, Ben Taub General Hospital, since 1963, Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, since 1957.

Consultant staff St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital.

Achievements

• Diplomate: American Board Surgery, American Board Thoracic Surgery.

Membership

Fellow American College Cardiology (board governors 1968-1971, Markel Scholar in Medicine 1957), American Association Senior Physicians, American Association Surgery or Trauma, American College Chest Physicians, American College of Surgeons, Southwestern Surgical Congress. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, Association American Medical Colleges, Halsted Society, Harris County Medical Society, Houston Academy Medicine, Houston Cardiology Society, Houston Heart Association, Houston Surgical Society, International Cardiovascular Society, International Federation Surgical Colleges, International Society Surgery, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Society University Surgeons, Society Vascular Surgery, Southern Association Vascular Surgery, Southern Medical Association, Southern Surgical Association, Texas Academy of Sciences, Texas Medical Association, Texas Surgical Society, Western Surgical Association, World Congress Cardiology.

Connections

Married Jean Carson; children– Anne Elisabeth, Penelope Carson, Susan Terrell, George C., Marion Shopf.

Father:

George Cooper Morris,

Mother:

Mary (Terrell) Morris,

Spouse:

Jean Carson

child:

George C. Morris,

child:

Marion Shopf Morris,

child:

Penelope Carson Morris,

child:

Susan Terrell Morris,

child:

Anne Elisabeth Morris,