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C ps histi, Texas
GC rDahy Mfirror
( ewtor, Texas
A Woman Leads
Tea Doctors
FORT WORTH, Tex. (UPI) -
Dr. May Owen, chief pathologist
for Terrell Laboratories, is the
first woman to become president
of the TrwxaM i'iiin
A white-haired career woman,
Dr. Owen holds degrees from
Texas Christian University and
the Louisville Medical School.
An honorary degree was in
recognition of her discovery that
a powder once used on surgical
gloves was causing infections
when it fell into an incision. Dr.
Owen's research resulted in the
development of a new, safe ab-
sorbent powder.
She was born on a Falls Coun-
ty, Tex. farm before the turn of
the century, one of seven children,
Dr. Owen developed an interest
in medicine as a child, and went
on to study at TCU and Loui-
ville, and to do graduate work at
the Mayo Clinic and Bellevue Hos-
pital, New York.
Dr. Owen returned to her na-
tive state in 1928 to work as a
pathologist at Fort Worth's Ter-
rell Laboratories. In1951, she was
named one of the outstanding
women of Texas.
Her devotion to medical service
was recognized again in 1951
when fellow doctors gave her a
"gold headed cane," 'symbolic of
service to the medical profession.
Dear to the heart of the physi-
cian are more than 20 members
of her "adopted family" - all
medical student's whom she has
helped put through school. She
calls these students her profes-
sional "life insurance."Future Nurses
Sessi ilHere
Fifteen hundred teenage girls
who look forward to nursing as a
professional career will come to
Corpus Christi Friday and Satur-
day. The girls, all members of the
Texas Association of Future Nur-
es, will attend their seventh an-
nual convention. Future Nurses'
Clubs from high schools through-
out Texas will be represented.
Registration will be held at 4
P.m. Friday at Exposition Hall.
Meetings will be held in Exposi-
tion Hall and Memorial Coliseum.
Dr. May Owen of Fort Worth,
president of Texas MeicalA4-
ciation, will speak at 10 a.m. Sat-
ur day. Introducing the speaker
will be Dr. Franklin Yeager, im-
mediate past president of TMA.
Dr. Donald Hood of Falfurrias
will be guest speaker for adult
sponsors attending the convention
with clubs.
High points of the convention in-
clude a buffet supper Friday night
at Exposition Hall and a style
show luncheon Saturday at the
Coliseum. Breakfast will be
served at 7 a.m. Saturday at the
Coliseum.
Convention theme will be
"Nursing in a C-Shell,"
Special guests at the convention
will include Mrs. Ramsey Moore;
of Dallas, president o" the Wom-
an's Auxiliary to TMA; Mrs. Wil-
liam Barksdale, president-elect of
the Woman's Auxiliary; Miss Bon-
nie Ford of Fort Worth, president
of the Texas Graduate Nurses'
Association; and Miss Stella Mc-
Cullogh, president of the Texas
League of Nursing.
Special guests represent the or-
ganizations which will sponsor the
convention.
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Gladewater Daily Mirror. [Newspaper Clippings: Dr. May Owen, President of the Texas Medical Association], clipping, {1960-06-12,1961-03-20}; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth830098/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Medical Association.