Lonnie S. Burnett

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Title

Lonnie S. Burnett

Subject

VUMC History, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Military Medicine

Description

Photographic portrait of Lonnie S. Burnett. Lonnie S. Burnett, M.D., served as a pilot in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas, Austin, in 1948 and his M.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, in 1953. From 1955 to 1957, Dr. Burnett served as a United States Air Force Flight Surgeon at the Gunter Air Force Base School of Aviation Medicine in Alabama. He established the first Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic at the base. Burnett served as Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the Vanderbilt staff in 1976, serving as professor and chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology until 1995. In 1993, the Vanderbilt Obstetrics and Gynecology Society was renamed the Lonnie S. Burnett Vanderbilt Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in his honor.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1985 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

396

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

2 in. x 3 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Lonnie S. Burnett,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 2, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1979.

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