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KENNEDY
LECTURE SERIES FEATURES JOYCELYN ELDERS
Editor's
note: Before her evening lecture, Joycelyn Elders will
speak to Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
students from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday in 194 Irvine Hall with
an hourlong reception afterward in the lobby. A headshot of
Elders is available on the Web at www.ohiou.edu/news/pix/ELDERS.JPG
ATHENS,
Ohio -- Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders will
address "Health Care in the 21st Century" at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
When
Elders was sworn in as surgeon general in 1993, she became
the first African-American woman to hold that post. She
resigned from her federal position in December 1994 and
continued her professional career as a pediatric
endocrinologist at the University of Arkansas School of
Medicine. Her studies of growth in children and the
treatment of hormone-related illnesses have been published
in numerous medical research publications.
Despite
Elders' accomplishments in medicine, she never saw a
physician before her first year in college. She graduated at
the age of 18 from Philander-Smith College in Little Rock,
Ark., and entered the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant,
receiving training as a physical therapist. After graduating
from -- and then teaching at -- the University of Arkansas
Medical School, she was appointed director of the Arkansas
Department of Health in 1987.
The
Kennedy Lecture Series brings nationally recognized speakers
to Ohio University who appeal to a cross-section of the
community and stimulate thought on major public issues,
cultural affairs and scholarly fields. All events are free
and open to the public.
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