Sallie Starr, named for her great grandmother, was born and raised in Nashville. She earned a BA with a major in psychology and a minor in linguistics and sociology from Vanderbilt University in 1969 (Phi Beta Kappa) and an MA from Vanderbilt in speech pathology in 1970. On February 7th of that year she was married to Richard I. Hillard and began a much heralded career in speech pathology for adults and children.
Sallie was awarded Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech/Language Pathology by the American Speech and Hearing Association in 1971. She was licensed by the Sate of Tennessee in Speech Pathology in 1975. Her career began in 1970 as a clinical supervisor in the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Memphis, where she remained until her untimely death in 1993.
Over her 23 year career, she was author or co-author of numerous professional papers and presentations. She was invited to speak to many professional groups and at many professional conferences. After her death, she was honored by the alumni, faculty and students of the School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at the University of Memphis by the creation of the Sallie Starr Hillard Mentoring Award to be presented annually to a deserving AUSP professional.
Sallie died suddenly and unexpectedly of a ruptured aorta on September 30th, 1993, at the young age of 46. Thus ended all too soon a beautiful life, a happy marriage, and a successful career with more promise to come.
Sallie was awarded Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech/Language Pathology by the American Speech and Hearing Association in 1971. She was licensed by the Sate of Tennessee in Speech Pathology in 1975. Her career began in 1970 as a clinical supervisor in the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Memphis, where she remained until her untimely death in 1993.
Over her 23 year career, she was author or co-author of numerous professional papers and presentations. She was invited to speak to many professional groups and at many professional conferences. After her death, she was honored by the alumni, faculty and students of the School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at the University of Memphis by the creation of the Sallie Starr Hillard Mentoring Award to be presented annually to a deserving AUSP professional.
Sallie died suddenly and unexpectedly of a ruptured aorta on September 30th, 1993, at the young age of 46. Thus ended all too soon a beautiful life, a happy marriage, and a successful career with more promise to come.
Sallie Starr, named for her great grandmother, was born and raised in Nashville. She earned a BA with a major in psychology and a minor in linguistics and sociology from Vanderbilt University in 1969 (Phi Beta Kappa) and an MA from Vanderbilt in speech pathology in 1970. On February 7th of that year she was married to Richard I. Hillard and began a much heralded career in speech pathology for adults and children.
Sallie was awarded Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech/Language Pathology by the American Speech and Hearing Association in 1971. She was licensed by the Sate of Tennessee in Speech Pathology in 1975. Her career began in 1970 as a clinical supervisor in the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Memphis, where she remained until her untimely death in 1993.
Over her 23 year career, she was author or co-author of numerous professional papers and presentations. She was invited to speak to many professional groups and at many professional conferences. After her death, she was honored by the alumni, faculty and students of the School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at the University of Memphis by the creation of the Sallie Starr Hillard Mentoring Award to be presented annually to a deserving AUSP professional.
Sallie died suddenly and unexpectedly of a ruptured aorta on September 30th, 1993, at the young age of 46. Thus ended all too soon a beautiful life, a happy marriage, and a successful career with more promise to come.
Sallie was awarded Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech/Language Pathology by the American Speech and Hearing Association in 1971. She was licensed by the Sate of Tennessee in Speech Pathology in 1975. Her career began in 1970 as a clinical supervisor in the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Memphis, where she remained until her untimely death in 1993.
Over her 23 year career, she was author or co-author of numerous professional papers and presentations. She was invited to speak to many professional groups and at many professional conferences. After her death, she was honored by the alumni, faculty and students of the School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at the University of Memphis by the creation of the Sallie Starr Hillard Mentoring Award to be presented annually to a deserving AUSP professional.
Sallie died suddenly and unexpectedly of a ruptured aorta on September 30th, 1993, at the young age of 46. Thus ended all too soon a beautiful life, a happy marriage, and a successful career with more promise to come.
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