All I Wanted Was A Home: Raised in an Orphanage - Softcover

Watts, Clark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438969473 ISBN 13: 9781438969473

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2009

Synopsis

Were orphanages warehouses of horror for neglected and deprived children as depicted by the arts and the media of the past two centuries? Or were they havens of security in which these children could develop to their maximum capabilities? The author, with successful careers in medicine, law, and the military, in this rather intimate portrayal of his life in an orphanage, makes a case for the latter. With a series of stories, some light hearted and humorous, some tragic, all personal and revealing, the author tells of his maturation from an insecure and fragile nine year old child from a broken home, into an independent-minded teenager at graduation from high school. In these stories is seen the humanity of the caring teachers and disciplinarians as they strived to inculcate within the children in Buckner Orphans Home a value system that stressed a strong work ethic and respect for others. The results of their efforts are registered in the highly successful careers of many who were raised in this orphanage, especially when juxtaposed to their backgrounds before they were taken into the Home.

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About the Author

Clark Watts was born and raised in Dallas, Texas; he is a 1955 high school graduate of Buckner Academy. After receiving a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, he was licensed to practice medicine in Texas in 1962. Following a residency in neurosurgery at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, he entered private practice in Dallas in 1970 (with neurosurgical Board certification in 1972). He was Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) and Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program at the University of Missouri in Columbia from 1976 to 1991. He held professorship positions at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas (1970-1975), at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore (1991-1993), and at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (1993-1997). He has held a number of elected and appointed positions in medicine, including President of the Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons (1997-1998) and Editor of Neurosurgery, the journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (1982-1987). He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1990, and has been a member of the Texas Bar since 1992. He served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Army Reserves as a general medical officer, neurosurgeon, flight surgeon, advisor on reserve affairs to the Department of Defense, and hospital commander, receiving the Order of Military Medical Merit and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He retired in 1998 at the rank of Brigadier General. Retired from medical practice since October, 2005, he currently is Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, where he has taught since 1996. He and his wife, Patricia, reside in Austin, Texas, with their two English bulldogs, Candy Cane and Al.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1438969473
• ISBN 13: 9781438969473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 164