Edith Burton This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. www.owsleykyhist.org

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   Published on: 9/16/2004   Last Visited: 9/16/2004

   and Edith Burton. She attended Berea College and the University of Louisville Medical School. After receiving her M.D., she served as chief surgeon and director of a Methodist Missionary Hospital in India from 1935-1940. She then moved to Owsley County Kentucky where she served as Health Officer of Owsley, Lee, Jackson and Clay Counties. During her three decades as a Health Officer she was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, the American Public Health Association and the American Medical Association. She was also a member, and President, of the Kentucky Public Health Association. In April 1971 she was the first physician to receive the Russell Teague award from the Kentucky Public Health Association for her outstanding contributions to public health in Kentucky She was an honorary Kentucky Colonel and Kentucky Admiral.

2. 2. Area News

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   Published on: 5/14/2004   Last Visited: 5/14/2004

   Dr. Gabbard "Doc" was born Dec. 30, 1907, in LaFargeville, N.Y., and was the daughter of Leroy and Edith Burton.
   
   She attended Berea College and the University of Louisville Medical School. After receiving her M.D., she served as chief surgeon and director of the Methodist Missionary Hospital in India from 1935-1940. She then moved to Owsley County, Ky., where she served as chief health officer of Owsley, Lee, Jackson and Clay counties.
   
   During her three decades as a health officer, she was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the American Medical Association and the Kentucky Public Health Association, where she served as president in 1966-67. In April 1971, she was the first physician to receive the Russell Teague award from the Kentucky Public Health Association for her outstanding contributions to public health in Kentucky. She was an honorary Kentucky Colonel and Kentucky Admiral.

3. 3. Area News

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   Published on: 7/19/2003   Last Visited: 2/10/2004

   Dr. Gabbard "Doc" was born Dec. 30, 1907, in LaFargeville, N.Y., and was the daughter of Leroy and Edith Burton.
   
   She attended Berea College and the University of Louisville Medical School. After receiving her M.D., she served as chief surgeon and director of the Methodist Missionary Hospital in India from 1935-1940. She then moved to Owsley County, Ky., where she served as chief health officer of Owsley, Lee, Jackson and Clay counties.
   
   During her three decades as a health officer, she was a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the American Medical Association and the Kentucky Public Health Association, where she served as president in 1966-67. In April 1971, she was the first physician to receive the Russell Teague award from the Kentucky Public Health Association for her outstanding contributions to public health in Kentucky. She was an honorary Kentucky Colonel and Kentucky Admiral.