BURGESS, Dr. Landry Edward

1907 - 1987  (80 years)

• Name	BURGESS, Landry Edward  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Dr.
  Born	9 May 1907	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States   [4, 5]
  	Birth year in Social Security Death Index and headstone is 1908, but birth year in earlier records, such as WWII Draft Registration Card and Military service records show 1907 as his birth year. (8/25/17)
  Gender	Male
  _AMTID	210176773774:1030:119496207
  _UID	1CF1715CD9144823A9F9A517EAEF688B5C04
  Buried	1987	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Died	3 Nov 1987	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I3375	Treehouse Compendium
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2017

  
  

  Family	KENNEDY, Rev. Elizabeth,   b. 27 Dec 1918,   d. 24 Oct 1994  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Landry E. Burgess, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, received his B.S. from Morehouse College, his M.S. from Atlanta University, and his Ph.D. in medicine from the University of Iowa. Joining the faculty of Meharry Medical College in 1948, he taught there for 32 years and was honored with the title of professor emeritus upon his retirement. Burgess also worked as a part-time instructor in biology at Tennessee State University. During the 1950s he married Nashville educator Elizabeth Kennedy, a staff minister at Pleasant Green Baptist Church, where the Burgesses were members for many years. Renowned for his research, Dr. Burgess published numerous articles in scientific journals. As initiator (with Dr. Charles W. Johnson) of MMeharry?s Student Research Day, Burgess served as its chairman from its inception (1956) until his retirement. He was a member of Sigma Xi (a scientific research society), the Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the American Society of Zoologists, and the American Physiological Society. -- by Kathy Lauder Enlisted in the US Army, 17 April 1943

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch Family Tree. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LTGJ-3R4/details [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018. [S494] Lauder, K. Greenwood Project. (Facebook). https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=837790453044335&id=344314112391974 [S476] Find-A-Grave Index (FamilySearch). "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLQ-B2QV : 13 December 2015), Landry E. Burgess, 1987; Burial, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 84156938, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. [S493] Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945 (FamilySearch). "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/246X-GMC : 10 June 2015), Landry Edward Burgess, 1940-1945. [S321] Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPVW-PNP : 20 May 2014), Landry Burgess, Dec 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). [S487] “Obituary: Landry E. Burgess.� Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.), 4 Nov. 1987, p. 24. [S488] “Dr. Landry Edward Burgess, 79, Meharry Professor, Services Held.� Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.), 7 Nov. 1987, p. 16.