Dispensing Health & Hope in Mississippi

 Born in segregated Hattiesburg  Tough times & family problems  Influenced by Dr. Charles Smith  Graduated in 1939  Eureka High School  Salutatorian

 $50 scholarship to Alcorn A&M  Very focused & isolated  Editor of Greater Alcorn Herald  Graduated in 1943  Experiences up North  Connecticut tobacco farm  Detroit

 Drafted in 1944  Walter Reed Army Hospital  “Enlisted Specialist Course for Surgical Technicians”  Integrated  Uplifting experience  Married  Juanita Macon  Feb. 11, 1945  Year in Okinawa  Accepted to Howard

 Howard Medical School in Washington, D.C.  Internship at Homer G. Phillips in St. Louis  Invited to set up practice in Starkville  Opened practice in 1951  Over 50 years of medical service

 Helped form local NAACP Chapter  Two meetings at White House  Nixon in 1970  Carter in 1978  Democratic Party delegate  1972  1976  1980  Ran for office three times  State Senate – 1971  Starkville Alderman – 1973  Legislature

 “accept others for what they are and not for their skin color”  “individuals worthy of respect simply because they are human beings made by the same God”

 Autobiography:  Conner, Douglas L., M.D. with John F. Marszalek. A Black Physician’s Story: Bringing Hope in Mississippi. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1985.