Sylvia June Burbank Morris

Background

Morris, Sylvia June Burbank was born on June 18, 1921 in Le Roy, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Dean Stanley and Myra G. (Douglas) Burbank.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Grinnell College, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Iowa, 1945. Master in Public Health, University Alabama, 1981.

Career

Intern Baltimore City Hospital, 1945—1946. Pediatrics international Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1946—1947. Private practice Pleasantville, Iowa, 1947—1948, Hanceville, Alabama, 1949—1953.

Assistant medical director Tri-County Health Department, Decatur, 1972—1988, epidemiologist, 1981—1988. Retired, 1988

Instructor pediatrics University Alabama School Medicine, Birmingham, 1948—1949. Assistant professor health policy University Alabama School Public Health, Birmingham, 1983—1988.

Member children's policy council Juvenile Court, Cullman, Alabama, from 1994.

Achievements

• Sylvia June Burbank Morris has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Cullman County History Society, Alabama History Association. Member of American Medical Association, Community Theatre Cullman (president 2007-2008), Medical Association State of Alabama (district counselor 1999—2006), Alabama Writer's Conclave, Alabama History Association, Cullman County History Society, Symphony Club.

Connections

Married John Thomas Morris, January 1, 1948 (divorced). Children: Thomas Dean, Richard Lee, John Douglas.

Father:

Dean Stanley Burbank

Mother:

Myra G. (Douglas) Burbank

Spouse:

John Thomas Morris

child:

John Douglas Morris

child:

Thomas Dean Morris

child:

Richard Lee Morris