Arizona Daily Star, The (Tucson, AZ)
Psychiatrist Charles Kerr dies
Pioneering Tucson psychiatrist, award-winning educator, marathon runner and former Olympic torch bearer died July 3 of complications from a seizure he suffered last month due to a brain tumor. He was 64.
A respected educator at the University of Arizona College of Medicine's department of psychiatry, Kerr was one of the department's founders. He taught there for 29 years in various capacities and was a part-time clinical associate professor at the time of his death. During his years at the university, Kerr was named Teacher of the Year several times by his psychiatric resident students. Dr. Kerr also maintained a private practice during that time. Besides practicing general psychiatry, he was one of the first doctors in Tucson to introduce marital and sex therapy to the city in the 1970s.
Kerr began running in 1976 and soon after became involved in marathons. Over the years, he competed in many prestigious events across the United States, including the New York Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The highlight of his running career came in 1980, when he was selected to run on the Winter Olympics torch relay team as one of 52 runners picked to carry the torch from Virginia to Lake Placid, N.Y. Upon arriving at Lake Placid, the other 51 runners picked Kerr to enter the stadium and light the Olympic flame in a moment captured on national television.
After leaving the Navy, he completed his psychiatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Kerr moved to Tucson with his then-wife and their five sons in 1970.
He is survived by his companion Sue Lamarine, four sons: Charles, Tim, and Erik of Tucson and Scott of Phoenix. Another son, David, died in 1988.
Charles Morgan Kerr
[Charles M Kerr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1935
Birth Place: Perry Noble, Oklahoma
Death Date: 3 Jul 1999
Father: John B Kerr
Mother: Edith G Whitaker
Notes: Name listed as CHARLES MORGAN KERR
Contributor: Mike Birdwell (50396628)
Psychiatrist Charles Kerr dies
Pioneering Tucson psychiatrist, award-winning educator, marathon runner and former Olympic torch bearer died July 3 of complications from a seizure he suffered last month due to a brain tumor. He was 64.
A respected educator at the University of Arizona College of Medicine's department of psychiatry, Kerr was one of the department's founders. He taught there for 29 years in various capacities and was a part-time clinical associate professor at the time of his death. During his years at the university, Kerr was named Teacher of the Year several times by his psychiatric resident students. Dr. Kerr also maintained a private practice during that time. Besides practicing general psychiatry, he was one of the first doctors in Tucson to introduce marital and sex therapy to the city in the 1970s.
Kerr began running in 1976 and soon after became involved in marathons. Over the years, he competed in many prestigious events across the United States, including the New York Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The highlight of his running career came in 1980, when he was selected to run on the Winter Olympics torch relay team as one of 52 runners picked to carry the torch from Virginia to Lake Placid, N.Y. Upon arriving at Lake Placid, the other 51 runners picked Kerr to enter the stadium and light the Olympic flame in a moment captured on national television.
After leaving the Navy, he completed his psychiatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Kerr moved to Tucson with his then-wife and their five sons in 1970.
He is survived by his companion Sue Lamarine, four sons: Charles, Tim, and Erik of Tucson and Scott of Phoenix. Another son, David, died in 1988.
Charles Morgan Kerr
[Charles M Kerr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1935
Birth Place: Perry Noble, Oklahoma
Death Date: 3 Jul 1999
Father: John B Kerr
Mother: Edith G Whitaker
Notes: Name listed as CHARLES MORGAN KERR
Contributor: Mike Birdwell (50396628)
Arizona Daily Star, The (Tucson, AZ)
Psychiatrist Charles Kerr dies
Pioneering Tucson psychiatrist, award-winning educator, marathon runner and former Olympic torch bearer died July 3 of complications from a seizure he suffered last month due to a brain tumor. He was 64.
A respected educator at the University of Arizona College of Medicine's department of psychiatry, Kerr was one of the department's founders. He taught there for 29 years in various capacities and was a part-time clinical associate professor at the time of his death. During his years at the university, Kerr was named Teacher of the Year several times by his psychiatric resident students. Dr. Kerr also maintained a private practice during that time. Besides practicing general psychiatry, he was one of the first doctors in Tucson to introduce marital and sex therapy to the city in the 1970s.
Kerr began running in 1976 and soon after became involved in marathons. Over the years, he competed in many prestigious events across the United States, including the New York Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The highlight of his running career came in 1980, when he was selected to run on the Winter Olympics torch relay team as one of 52 runners picked to carry the torch from Virginia to Lake Placid, N.Y. Upon arriving at Lake Placid, the other 51 runners picked Kerr to enter the stadium and light the Olympic flame in a moment captured on national television.
After leaving the Navy, he completed his psychiatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Kerr moved to Tucson with his then-wife and their five sons in 1970.
He is survived by his companion Sue Lamarine, four sons: Charles, Tim, and Erik of Tucson and Scott of Phoenix. Another son, David, died in 1988.
Charles Morgan Kerr
[Charles M Kerr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1935
Birth Place: Perry Noble, Oklahoma
Death Date: 3 Jul 1999
Father: John B Kerr
Mother: Edith G Whitaker
Notes: Name listed as CHARLES MORGAN KERR
Contributor: Mike Birdwell (50396628)
Psychiatrist Charles Kerr dies
Pioneering Tucson psychiatrist, award-winning educator, marathon runner and former Olympic torch bearer died July 3 of complications from a seizure he suffered last month due to a brain tumor. He was 64.
A respected educator at the University of Arizona College of Medicine's department of psychiatry, Kerr was one of the department's founders. He taught there for 29 years in various capacities and was a part-time clinical associate professor at the time of his death. During his years at the university, Kerr was named Teacher of the Year several times by his psychiatric resident students. Dr. Kerr also maintained a private practice during that time. Besides practicing general psychiatry, he was one of the first doctors in Tucson to introduce marital and sex therapy to the city in the 1970s.
Kerr began running in 1976 and soon after became involved in marathons. Over the years, he competed in many prestigious events across the United States, including the New York Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The highlight of his running career came in 1980, when he was selected to run on the Winter Olympics torch relay team as one of 52 runners picked to carry the torch from Virginia to Lake Placid, N.Y. Upon arriving at Lake Placid, the other 51 runners picked Kerr to enter the stadium and light the Olympic flame in a moment captured on national television.
After leaving the Navy, he completed his psychiatric residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Kerr moved to Tucson with his then-wife and their five sons in 1970.
He is survived by his companion Sue Lamarine, four sons: Charles, Tim, and Erik of Tucson and Scott of Phoenix. Another son, David, died in 1988.
Charles Morgan Kerr
[Charles M Kerr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1935
Birth Place: Perry Noble, Oklahoma
Death Date: 3 Jul 1999
Father: John B Kerr
Mother: Edith G Whitaker
Notes: Name listed as CHARLES MORGAN KERR
Contributor: Mike Birdwell (50396628)
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