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Medicine. He still holds the latter title, but in 1988 he left the residency post to go back into private
practice where he remains today. His honors and leadership roles in Family Medicine are extensive.
Within the Ohio AFP, he served on the Board of Directors (1983-2001) and as speaker, treasurer,
vice president, and president (1992-93). He is an AAFP Fellow and ABFP diplomate, was named
Family Practice Teacher of the Year twice during his time at Akron City Hospital, and was named
Ohio Family Physician of the Year in 1998. In that same year, he won election to the AAFP Board
of Directors, serving until 2001. He also served on the AAFP Foundation Board of Trustees from
1999-2005, on the ABFM Board of Directors from 2004-2009, and has served on various
committees within STFM.
The bulk of Dr. Black’s collection consists of materials relating to his receiving the Ohio Family
Physician of the Year Award in 1998, and being elected to the AAFP Board of Directors in that same
year. These materials include correspondence, press releases, and articles from various publications.
Bordelon, F.P., Jr., M.D. (1921-2004)
1958-1898
1 slim document case
A self-styled “country doctor,” Dr. F(ilmore) P. Bordelon, Jr. was born in Longbridge, Louisiana in
1921 and graduated from the Louisiana State University (LSU) Medical School in 1945. In 1947,
after serving two years in the United States Navy, he began practicing medicine as a general
practitioner in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. An active member of the AAFP throughout
his career, he was the recipient of the 1989 Louisiana Family Doctor of the Year Award. In 1975 he
was appointed coroner for Avoyelles Parish, and later served as president of the State Coroner’s
Association and the State Hospital Board, and as a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners
and the State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners. (He also was elected to serve as president of the
Louisiana State Medical Society in 1968.) In 1998, Dr. Bordelon retired from his office practice
after more than 50 years in the profession, but still continued seeing patients at three area nursing
homes and a local prison. Dr. Bordelon died on May 4, 2004 at the age of 82.
The F.P. Bordelon, Jr., M.D. Collection consists of one photocopied scrapbook on Dr. Bordelon’s
life and career covering the period 1958 to 1998.
Bowen, Otis R., M.D. (1918- )
1968, 1975, 1985-1986
1 slim document case – See also: Photograph Collection
Otis R. Bowen, M.D. was born in 1918 near Rochester, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana
University and earned his M.D. from Indiana University Medical School in 1942. After graduating,
he completed an internship at Epworth Hospital in South Bend, and then served three years in the
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