Christian Norman Ramsey Jr

RAMSEY Christian Norman, Jr, M.D., of Lexington, died Sat, June 21, from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 67. He was born in Atlanta, GA, on May 30, 1941, graduated from Indian Springs School in Helena, AL in 1958, received his M.A. degree from the University of North Texas in 1966, and graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, 1970. That same year he was appointed to a White House Commission on Population Growth and the American Future by President Richard Nixon and served as its vice chairman with Chairman John D. Rockefeller 3rd for two years in Washington, D.C. In 1973 he began his family medicine residency training in Waco, TX - completing it in 1976. He became the Director of Medical Education and the Director of the Family Practice Residency Program in Waco and continued in that capacity until 1982 when he was named Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine. He held that post until 1994 when he was named the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. He retired from UK in 2000. During his medical career, he wrote and edited several textbooks, published numerous articles, and served in many leadership positions associated with family medicine. One of his greatest accomplishments was an endowed chair in family medicine named in his honor at the University of Oklahoma for his exemplary accomplishments in this field. He was a member of Christ Church Cathedral and a former member of The Lexington Club and Idle Hour Country Club. He is survived by his children Christian Ramsey III, M.D. of Lexington and Anne Hadlock Ramsey of Houston, TX. Additionally, he is survived by his former wife, Patricia Hadlock Ramsey of Lexington and two brothers, Robert Pringle Ramsey of Birmingham, AL, and Willis Alan Ramsey of Wimberly, TX. Services will be held at 11am on Thu, June 26, at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington. A memorial service will be held in Dallas TX. at a later date. Memorials can be made to The Christian N. Ramsey, Jr, M.D. Endowed Chair in Family Medicine of the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Rd, Norman, OK 73019 or The Music Committee of Christ Church Cathedral, 166 Market St, Lexington, KY. 40517. www.milwardfuneral.com