Background
Warr, Otis Sumter was born on March 30, 1914 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Otis S. Senior and Ethel (Boyce) Warr.
Warr, Otis Sumter was born on March 30, 1914 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Otis S. Senior and Ethel (Boyce) Warr.
Bachelor of Science, University of Virginia, 1935; Doctor of Medicine, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1937.
Intern, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1938;
intern, Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1938-1939;
resident in internal medicine, John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, 1939-1941;
private practice internal medicine, Memphis, 1945-1992;
retired from private practice, 1992;
instructor to associate professor internal medicine, U. Tennessee College Medicine, Memphis, 1945-1979;
retired, U. Tennessee College Medicine, Memphis, 1979. Department chairman medicine Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, 1954-1955. President Memphis Academy Internal Medicine, 1967-1968.
President Shelby County Tuberculosisand Health Association, 1957-1958, Memphis Heart Association, 1950-1951. President Tenn.Heart Association, Nashville, 1958-1959, Chairman of the Board, 1959-1960.
President Memphis Civitan Club, 1954-1955. Past Chairman of the Board St. John's Methodist Church Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps United States Army, 1941-1945. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member American Medical Association, Tennessee State Medical Society, Memphis Medical Society, Shelby County Medical Society, Memphis Academy Internal Medicine, Tennessee Lung Association, University Club Memphis.
Married Vivian Barnett, April 23, 1938. Children: Otis S. III, Virginia W. Rubin, Robert B., Margaret W. Stewart, Edward L.