Dr. Burt Russell Shurly was the son of English immigrant Edmund Richard Pitman Shurly and Augusta Charlotte Godwin. Born in Chicago just before the Great Fire, he attended Northwest Military Academy, then took a degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1893. He received his medical degree in 1895 from the Detroit College of Medicine, then studied at the University of Vienna for a year.
Dr. Shurly became dean of the Detroit School of Medicine, where he presided over the reorganization of its curriculum and methods; under his leadershi[p, the school became the Medical College of Wayne University.
Shurly specialized in diseases of the nose and throat, and had a particular interest in tuberculosis, to whose cure and understanding he devoted much time.
During the Spanish American War, Dr. Shurly served as surgeon on the ship Yosemite. During World War I, he set up and commanded a base hospital in Vittel, France.
He and his wife, Viola Palms Shurly, had two sons and three daughters: Burt Shurly, Jr.; Edmund R. Shurly; Mary Shurly Vanderzee; Mrs. Beatrice Wilcox; and Mrs. Clarkson Wormer III.
Dr. Shurly became dean of the Detroit School of Medicine, where he presided over the reorganization of its curriculum and methods; under his leadershi[p, the school became the Medical College of Wayne University.
Shurly specialized in diseases of the nose and throat, and had a particular interest in tuberculosis, to whose cure and understanding he devoted much time.
During the Spanish American War, Dr. Shurly served as surgeon on the ship Yosemite. During World War I, he set up and commanded a base hospital in Vittel, France.
He and his wife, Viola Palms Shurly, had two sons and three daughters: Burt Shurly, Jr.; Edmund R. Shurly; Mary Shurly Vanderzee; Mrs. Beatrice Wilcox; and Mrs. Clarkson Wormer III.
Dr. Burt Russell Shurly was the son of English immigrant Edmund Richard Pitman Shurly and Augusta Charlotte Godwin. Born in Chicago just before the Great Fire, he attended Northwest Military Academy, then took a degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1893. He received his medical degree in 1895 from the Detroit College of Medicine, then studied at the University of Vienna for a year.
Dr. Shurly became dean of the Detroit School of Medicine, where he presided over the reorganization of its curriculum and methods; under his leadershi[p, the school became the Medical College of Wayne University.
Shurly specialized in diseases of the nose and throat, and had a particular interest in tuberculosis, to whose cure and understanding he devoted much time.
During the Spanish American War, Dr. Shurly served as surgeon on the ship Yosemite. During World War I, he set up and commanded a base hospital in Vittel, France.
He and his wife, Viola Palms Shurly, had two sons and three daughters: Burt Shurly, Jr.; Edmund R. Shurly; Mary Shurly Vanderzee; Mrs. Beatrice Wilcox; and Mrs. Clarkson Wormer III.
Dr. Shurly became dean of the Detroit School of Medicine, where he presided over the reorganization of its curriculum and methods; under his leadershi[p, the school became the Medical College of Wayne University.
Shurly specialized in diseases of the nose and throat, and had a particular interest in tuberculosis, to whose cure and understanding he devoted much time.
During the Spanish American War, Dr. Shurly served as surgeon on the ship Yosemite. During World War I, he set up and commanded a base hospital in Vittel, France.
He and his wife, Viola Palms Shurly, had two sons and three daughters: Burt Shurly, Jr.; Edmund R. Shurly; Mary Shurly Vanderzee; Mrs. Beatrice Wilcox; and Mrs. Clarkson Wormer III.
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