Background
Berrey, Ruth Robertson was born on August 29, 1906 in Clayton, Alabama, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Mary (Foster) Robertson.
Berrey, Ruth Robertson was born on August 29, 1906 in Clayton, Alabama, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Mary (Foster) Robertson.
Student Judson College, 1921-1922. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Alabama, 1926. Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1928.
Intern Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1928-1929. Physician outpatient department Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, 1932-1937. Medical supervisor Alabama National Youth Administration, 1940-1941.
Assistant professor biology Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1943-1945.
Assistant professor pediatrics University of Alabama Medical College at Birmingham, 1948, associate professor, 1948-1963. Associate missionary Southern Baptist Convention, Nigeria, 1958-1961, 63-66.
County health officer Barbour and Macon counties, Clayton, Alabama, from 1966. Consultant child health Jefferson County Health Department, Birmingham, 1941-1963.
Member of staff Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Baptist Hospital (all Birmingham).
Diplomate American Board Pediatrics.
Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.
Member of staff Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Baptist Hospital (all Birmingham). Diplomate American Board Pediatrics. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.
Member Alabama Pediatric Society (president 1947), Chi Omega.
Club: Zonta (Birmingham).
Married Ivan C. Berrey, August 27, 1928. Children: Anne (Mistress McKeller Townes), William Selden, Alice (Mistress James Doctorate. Pruett).