Background
Morris, Naomi Carolyn Minner was born on June 8, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris George and Carrie Ruth (Auslender) Minner.
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Morris, Naomi Carolyn Minner was born on June 8, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris George and Carrie Ruth (Auslender) Minner.
Bachelor magna cum laude, University Colorado, 1952. Doctor of Medicine, University Colorado, 1955. Master in Public Health magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1959.
Rotating intern Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1955-1956. Clinical fellow in pediatrics Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1957. Public health physician Massachusetts Department Health, 1957-1958.
Clinical pediatrician Norfolk King's Daughters Hospital, Virginia, 1959-1961. From research associate to professor department maternal/child health School Public Health, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1962-1970, 71-74, chair department, 1975-1977. Professor, director community pediatrics University Health Science, Chicago Medical School, Illinois, 1977-1980.
Professor School Public Health, University Illinois, Chicago, since 1980, director community health science division, 1980-1995. Advisor to chief pub.health officer, Guam, 1970-1971. Member liaison committee with Lake County Medical Society 1978-1980.
Nursing division advisory committee Lake County Health Department, 1978-1998. Resource person Illinois 1980 White House Conference on Children, 1979-1980. Participant Enrich-A-Life series Chicago Department Health, 1984-1985, Illinois Health and Hazardous Substance Registry Pregnancy Outcome Task Force, 1984-1986.
Member professional advisory board Beethoven Project Center Child Development, 1986-1996. Member planning committee for action to reduce infant mortality Chicago Institute Medicine, 1986-1989. Founding member Westside Futures Infant Mortality Network, 1986.
Member Illinois vital statistics supplement Illinois Department Public Health, 1987. Investigator and team leader Review Missouri Families Maternal and Child Health State Services, 1989. Member children and youth 2000 task force MacArthur Foundation, since 1992.
Active Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancies, since 1978, Chicago Department Health Child Health Task Force, 1982-1983, Higher School Certificate Interprofessional Education Committee, 1983-1984, Medical Task Force Project Life, 1983-1988, Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, 1985-1990, Committee Research on Women, 1985-1990, Mayor's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, 1986-2002, Council for Integrated Service Systems, 2001-2002, Community Access Program, since 2002, Governor Advisory Council on Infant Mortality, 1988-1996, Center for Research on Women Fellowship Committee, 1993-1998. Consultant pediatrics nursing resources group Illinois Department Public Health, 1983-1984. Consultant Cook County Hospital Study of Preventive Childhood Obesity, 1983-1984, Chicago Department Public Health Council for an Integrated Service Systems, 2001-2002. founder and director Master of Surgery training program, 1983-1903.
Member Illinois Master of Surgery Coalition, since 1994, Voices for Illinois Children, since 1993, Children and Youth 2000, since 1992. Fellow American Public Health Association (task force on adolescence maternal and child health section 1977-1985, secretary 1979-1980, consultant manpower project 1982-1983, publication board 1985-1987, council pediatrics research to American Academy Pediatricians 1985-1992, American Public Health Association, Martha May Eliot award outstanding contributions to field of maternal and child health since 1999, American College Preventive Medicine, American Academy Pediatricians (Illinois chapter committee on school health, 1992-1994, and committee adolescent health since 1993). Member Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, Association Teachers Maternal and Child Health (executive committee 1981-1987, committee on training and continuing education needs of Master of Surgery/CCS directors 1982-1983, liaison committee to federal DCMH office 1983-1987, president 1983-1985), Chicago Pediatrics Society (Distinguished Service award 2002), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Omega, Sigma Xi.
Married Charles Elliot Morris, June 28, 1951. Children: Jonathan Edward, David Carlton.