Ernest Burton White Jr.

WHITE Ernest Burton White, Jr., M.D., a pediatrician and psychoanalyst, died on Sunday, December 11, 2005 in Covington, Louisiana. He was 80 years old. Dr. White was born in Garyville, LA and lived in New Orleans, LA following his graduation from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1948. He served as a Captain in the Medical Corps of the Army during the Korean Conflict, following which he trained in psychiatry at LSU Medical School and, subsequently, as a psycholanalyst at the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute. He became a Training Analyst of that institution in 1970, was a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and was active in the development of the Dallas Institute; the local accredited training body of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He rose to the post of Teaching and Training Analyst, eventually becoming Chairman of its Education Committee and President of the Institute. He played a principal advisory role in the development and eventual accreditation of the Dallas Psychoanalytic Institute. Throughout his career as a teacher and administrator Dr. White maintained his private practice of psychoanalysis in uptown New Orleans, always regarding himself, first and foremost, as a clinician in private practice. He was highly regarded by his colleagues both locally and nationally for his expertise as a clinician, teacher, and administrator and, not least, for his personal warmth and impeccable professional integrity. Dr. White served on the Board of Directors of the Cottage School, the Holman Center and Family Services. He was on the Board of Directors of Trinity Episcopal School and was a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church. He also served on the Board of the Friends of Rosedown in St. Francisville. He was a member of the Boston Club, the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club and several carnival organizations. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Maught White; two stepchildren: Peter Breazeale Waters and Isabel Waters Sanders of New Orleans, LA; four children: Dr. Elizabeth White Michel of Covington, LA, Sarah White Dalrymple of Winston Salem, North Carolina, Martha White Wright of Portland, Oregon and Ernest White III of Washington, DC; and twelve grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Glendora White Stewart of New Orleans, LA. Visitation will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, LA at 11:30 a.m. Followed by a funeral at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be private. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is handling arrangements.