Background
Persels, Jimmy Burdette was born on November 7, 1944 in St. Louis. Son of Frank Burdette and Esther Marguerite (Burge) Persels.
Health care management consultant
Persels, Jimmy Burdette was born on November 7, 1944 in St. Louis. Son of Frank Burdette and Esther Marguerite (Burge) Persels.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 1966. Master in Public Health in Health Systems Management, Tulane University, 1980. Postgraduate in law, Southern Illinois University, since 1990.
Various positions, Puritan-Bennett Corporation, Kansas City, Missoury, 1970-1975; manager government marketing, Puritan-Bennett Corporation, Kansas City, Missoury, 1975; sales manager, Puritan-Bennett Corporation, Annapolis, Maryland., 1975-1976; N.E. regional manager, Puritan-Bennett Corporation, Annapolis, Maryland., 1977-1978; Southern regional manager, General Electric Medical Systems, Dallas, 1978-1979; administrator, Baromedical Research Institute, New Orleans, 1981-1985; administrative and technical director emergency and hyperbaric medicine, Jo Ellen Smith Medical Center, New Orleans, 1980-1985; marketing and operations manager, Perry Baromedical Superior vena cava syndrome, Riviera Beach, Florida, 1985-1987; private practice, since 1981. Instructor Tulane University School Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans,1981-1982.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1966-1970. Member National Board Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology (board directors since 1989), Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (associate chairman 1984-1988, recipient Chuck Shilling award 1988), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (committee on pressure vessels for human occupancy 1985-1987), United States Naval Academy Alumni Association (life), Tulane Alumni in Health Systems Management, Jefferson C. Davis Foundation (board directors since 1990).
Married Jacqueline Anne Donald, June 11, 1966 (divorced December 1978). Children: Jamie Kay, Jenifer Gayle, Joel Burdette. Married Kathleen Dea Tefft, February 14, 1986.
1 child, Jay Burdette.