Background
Burdette, Walter James was born on February 5, 1915 in Hillsboro, Texas, United States. Son of James S. and Ovazene (Weatherred) Burdette.
Burdette, Walter James was born on February 5, 1915 in Hillsboro, Texas, United States. Son of James S. and Ovazene (Weatherred) Burdette.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1935; A.M., University Texas, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1938; Doctor of Medicine Yale, 1942.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1942-1943. Harvey Cushing fellow surgery Yale, 1943-1944. Resident staff surgery New Haven Hospital, 1944-1946.
Instructor, assistant, associate professor surgery Louisiana State University, 1946-1955. Visiting surgeon Charity Hospital of Louisiana, 1946-1955. Consultant Touro Infirmary and Southern Baptist Hospital, 1952-1955, Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies Hospital, 1953-1959.
Visiting investigator Chester Beatty Institute Cancer Research, Brompton, and Royal Cancer Hospital, London, 1953, Max Planck Institut Fuer Biochemie, Tuebingen, Germany, summer 1955. Professor, chairman department surgery University Missouri, 1955-1956. Professor clinical surgery St. Louis University School Medicine, 1956-1957.
Professor, head department surgery University Utah, 1957-1965. Director laboratory clinical biology, surgeon-in-chief Salt Lake General Hospital, 1957-1965. Chief surgical consultant VA Hospitals, Salt Lake City, 1957-1965.
Professor surgery, associate director University Tex-M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, 1965-1972. Professor surgery University Texas School Medicine at Houston, 1971-1979. Adjunct professor pharmacology University Houston, from 1975.
Chief surgery University.Hosp., University Missouri, 1955-1956, St. Louis University Service, John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital, 1956-1957. Chief thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Park Plaza Hospital, since 1990. President National biomedical Foundation, since 1972.
Consultant St. Luke's Hospital, since 1975, Park Plaza Hospital, since 1976, Methodist Hospital, since 1976. Gibson lecturer advanced surgery Oxford University, 1966. Visiting professor University Oxford, spring 1965.
Official University Congo, summer 1968.
Chairman genetics study section, member morphology study section National Institutes of Health. Consultant National Cancer Institute. Member National Advisory Cancer Council, National Advisory Heart Council, Surgeon General's Committee on Smoking and Health.
Chairman United States of America national committee International Union Against Cancer. Member transplantation committee National Academy Sciences. Chairman working Cadre on cancer large intestine National Cancer Institute.
Elder, deacon Christian Church. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Surgery Alimentary Tract, American Association Cancer Research (director, vice president), American Cancer Society (chairman research advisory council, member of council on analysis and projection), American Surgical Association, Society Clinical Surgery (treasurer), Society U. Surgeons, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Genetics Society American, Utah Genetics Society (president), Western Society Clin.Research, American Association Thoracic Surgery, Transplantation Society, New York Academy Science, Society American Naturalists, New Orleans, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Houston surgical societies, Texas Medical Society, Harris County Medical Society, Southern, Western surgical associations, Southern Thoracic Surgical Society, Peruvian Cancer Society (honorary), Society for Surgery Alimentary Tract, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Society for Cancer Education, Texas Surgical Society, Association Yale Alumni in Medicine (Executive Committee 1977), Society International de Chirurg, American Guild Organists, Yale Club of Houston (president since 1989), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Kathryn Lynch, April 9, 1947. Children: Susan, William J.