Larry Elwood Burrus

Background

Burrus, Larry Elwood was born on January 9, 1932 in Crete, Nebraska, United States. Son of Howard Elwood and Grace Fern (Strayer) Burrus.

Education

Registered Nurse, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, 1955; certified nurse anesthesiology, The Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, 1956.

Career

Staff anesthetist, Methodist Hospital, Omaha, 1956-1957; staff anesthetist, Community Hospital Lexington, Nebraska, 1957-1959; administrator, Litzenberg Memorial Hospital, Central City, Nebraska, 1959-1965; assistant administrator, Paris (Illinois) Community Hospital, 1965-1966; anesthetist, United States Army Nurse Corps, Atlanta, 1966-1968; director nurse anesthesiology, Lutheran Community Hospital, Norfolk, Nebraska, 1968-1979; chief nurse anesthetist, Omaha Methodist Hospital, 1979-1990; staff anesthetist, St. Elizabeth Community Health Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, since 1990.

Achievements

• Larry Elwood Burrus has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse anesthetist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Central City branch American Cancer Society, 1960. Stewardship director St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Omaha, 1986-1987. Elder Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lincoln, 1992.

Served as captain United States Army, 1966-1968. Member American Association Nurse Anesthetists, Nebraska Association Nurse Anesthetists (president 1982-1983), Methodist Hospital College Nursing and Allied Health Alumni Association.

Connections

Married Frieda Marie Brunkhorst, January 21, 1955. Children: Bennett Todd, Jeffrey Lee, Mark Howard.

Father:

Howard Elwood Burrus

Mother:

Grace Fern (Strayer) Burrus

Spouse:

Frieda Marie Brunkhorst

child:

Mark Howard Burrus

child:

Bennett Todd Burrus

child:

Jeffrey Lee Burrus