Background
Little, Joseph Alexander was born on March 16, 1918 in Bessemer, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Alexander and Kathleen W. (Vann) Little.
Little, Joseph Alexander was born on March 16, 1918 in Bessemer, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Alexander and Kathleen W. (Vann) Little.
AB, Vanderbilt University, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1943.
Intern Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1943, 46-47. Resident Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 1947-1948. Practice medicine, specializing in pediatrics, 1948-1949, Louisville, 1949-1962, Nashville, 1962-1970, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1970-1984.
Pediatrician-in-chief Children's Hospital Louisville, 1956-1962. Instructor pediatrics University Cincinnati School Medicine, 1948-1949. Assistant to professor University Louisville School Medicine, 1949-1962.
Associate professor pediatrics Vanderbilt University School Medicine, 1962-1970. Professor, head department pediatrics Louisiana State University Medical Center School Medicine, 1970-1983.
President Caddo-Bossier Day Care Association, 1972-1974. Member American Academy Pediatrics (chairman Kentucky 1959-1962), American Pediatric Society, American Heart Association (president Louisiana 1979-1980), Alpha Omega Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Episcopalian.
Married Sarah Goodpasture, August 2, 1941. Children– Sarah Marsh, Susan McLaughlin, Joseph Alexander.