Pattie W. Van Hook
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Pattie Warren Van Hook was a professor of family medicine at the Louisiana State University
Medical School in Shreveport
and the first woman president of the Louisiana State Medical Society, concluding her term shortly before her sudden death in Nashville, Tennessee
.
Van Hook was born in Shreveport, graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in 1945 and was admitted to the Byrd Hall of Fame. At the time of her death, she was associate professor of family medicine, assistant dean for student affairs and director of the occupational health clinic at LSU Medical School. She was locally known for her earlier work at the Caddo/Shreveport Health Department. She was also a former associate medical director for AT&T in Shreveport. Her expertise reached into some half-dozen areas: medical education, public health, minority-group health care, drug abuse
intervention, occupational medicine, and awareness of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Dr. Van Hook was ecumenical in her faith. Though a member of the Noel Memorial United Methodist Church in Shreveport, she taught a Sunday school class at the First Baptist
Church, once pastored by the legendary Monroe E. Dodd
. In 1989, she received the "Brotherhood and Humanity Award" from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her memorial services in the Noel Methodist Church were conducted by clergy from Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish faiths.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Shreveport dentist, Dr. Robert Eugene Van Hook (born 1929). Survivors included her daughter and son-in-law, Drs. Susan V. Williams (born 1953) and R. Bruce Williams of Shreveport; her son and daughter-in-law, Drs. James W. Van Hook (born 1957) and Catherine L. Van Hook of Kirkland, Washington
, and three grandchildren. She is interred in the section "Daughters of the Cross" at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.
Dr. Van Hook's papers were deposited in the archives of Louisiana State University in Shreveport
.
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
Medical School in Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
and the first woman president of the Louisiana State Medical Society, concluding her term shortly before her sudden death in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
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Van Hook was born in Shreveport, graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in 1945 and was admitted to the Byrd Hall of Fame. At the time of her death, she was associate professor of family medicine, assistant dean for student affairs and director of the occupational health clinic at LSU Medical School. She was locally known for her earlier work at the Caddo/Shreveport Health Department. She was also a former associate medical director for AT&T in Shreveport. Her expertise reached into some half-dozen areas: medical education, public health, minority-group health care, drug abuse
Drug abuse
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent. The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts...
intervention, occupational medicine, and awareness of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Dr. Van Hook was ecumenical in her faith. Though a member of the Noel Memorial United Methodist Church in Shreveport, she taught a Sunday school class at the First Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Church, once pastored by the legendary Monroe E. Dodd
Monroe E. Dodd
Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. was an American Southern Baptist clergyman who was a pioneer radio preacher, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, Louisiana, the founder of the former Dodd College for Girls, and served as the Southern Baptist Convention President from 1934-1935...
. In 1989, she received the "Brotherhood and Humanity Award" from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Her memorial services in the Noel Methodist Church were conducted by clergy from Protestant, Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and Jewish faiths.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Shreveport dentist, Dr. Robert Eugene Van Hook (born 1929). Survivors included her daughter and son-in-law, Drs. Susan V. Williams (born 1953) and R. Bruce Williams of Shreveport; her son and daughter-in-law, Drs. James W. Van Hook (born 1957) and Catherine L. Van Hook of Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland, Washington
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Seattle on the Eastside . The population was 48,787 at the 2010 census makes it the 9th largest city in King County and the 20th largest city in the state...
, and three grandchildren. She is interred in the section "Daughters of the Cross" at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.
Dr. Van Hook's papers were deposited in the archives of Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Louisiana State University in Shreveport is a branch of the Louisiana State University System in Shreveport, Louisiana. Opened in 1967, LSUS is the only public four-year university in the Shreveport-Bossier metro area....
.