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 - 1975

“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.