Background
Burgess, Perry was born on October 12, 1886 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of George W. and Cora (Osborne) Burgess.
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Perry Burgess
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Perry Burgess, American author, lecturer, administrator. Recipient diploma, Commemoration medal Congress Closure, Knight Commandery of Sanitary Order; Damien Dutton award 1956; Medal Orden Civil de Sanidad, Orden Hospitalaria de San Lazaro de Jerusalem (Spain). Honorary life member Military Order Foreign Wars; member.
Education
Graduate Baker University, 1912, later awarded Doctor of Laws. Student Drew University, 1913-1915, Columbia, 1914-1915.
Career
National director Near East Relief campaigns, 1917-1920, Wilfred T. Grenfell Labrador Mission Campaigns, United States and Canada, 1920-1922, German Child Feeding Campaign, 1923-1924. Elected rat. director Leonard Wood memorial for Eradication Leprosy (American Leprosy Foundation), 1925 (president, Executive officer 1930-1958, president emeritus since 1958). Member Leonard Wood Memorial Conference on Leprosy, Manila, 1931.
United States delegate International Congress on Leprosy, 1938 (Chairman of Commission social and psychological aspects), 48, 53.
Chairman United States delegation 2d Pan American Conference on Leprosy, Rio de Janeiro, 1946. Chairman United States delegation 5th, 6th International Congress for Leprosy.
Consultant to Secretary of War on epidemic diseases (special mission to Philippines, 1945). Consultant Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, since July, 1943.
Member Surgeon General’son
Consultant Committee on Control of Leprosy in the United States. Official guest Indian government to survey and report on leprosy problems in India, 1956.
Achievements
Membership
Member Leonard Wood Memorial Conference on Leprosy, Manila, 1931. Member Surgeon General’son Consultant Committee on Control of Leprosy in the United States.
Rotarian (Honorary).
Connections
Married Helen Noble. Married second, Cora L. Turney. Children: Esther, Elizabeth, Cora Lou.
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September 15, 1962 (aged 75) -
Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient diploma, Commemoration medal Congress Closure, Knight Commandery of Sanitary Order. Damien Dutton award 1956. Medal Orden Civil de Sanidad, Orden Hospitalaria de San Lazaro de Jerusalem (Spain).tempSpaceHonorary life member Military Order Foreign Wars.Recipient diploma, Commemoration medal Congress Closure, Knight Commandery of Sanitary Order. Damien Dutton award 1956. Medal Orden Civil de Sanidad, Orden Hospitalaria de San Lazaro de Jerusalem (Spain).tempSpaceHonorary life member Military Order Foreign Wars.