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Horace Greeley “H G” Whittington

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Horace Greeley “H G” Whittington

Birth
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Death
6 Apr 2015 (aged 86)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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His mother wanted to name him just initials because of her father and her brother; grandpa was Horace Greeley and Uncle Harry was Harry Gervais. The nuns in St. Mary's Infirmary in Galveston, where he was born, would not let her do so, thus he was named after his grandfather. He always went by his initials, though. Few people know his "real" name.

He was married 4 times and had six children, although 2 of them predeceased him as well as two of his grandchildren.

He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston at age 16. He graduated from Rice University in Houston at age 19. He went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, graduating in 1952 and did his residency in psychiatry at the Meninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, which he completed in 1958. He was a psychiatrist at Kansas University's Watkins Health Center, and then director of the Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic. He was in the Air Force during the Korean War. His oldest child was born at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C., in December 1953. The next three were born in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas.

He lived in Sun City, Arizona after retirement and did a lot of traveling before his death.
His mother wanted to name him just initials because of her father and her brother; grandpa was Horace Greeley and Uncle Harry was Harry Gervais. The nuns in St. Mary's Infirmary in Galveston, where he was born, would not let her do so, thus he was named after his grandfather. He always went by his initials, though. Few people know his "real" name.

He was married 4 times and had six children, although 2 of them predeceased him as well as two of his grandchildren.

He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston at age 16. He graduated from Rice University in Houston at age 19. He went to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, graduating in 1952 and did his residency in psychiatry at the Meninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, which he completed in 1958. He was a psychiatrist at Kansas University's Watkins Health Center, and then director of the Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic. He was in the Air Force during the Korean War. His oldest child was born at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C., in December 1953. The next three were born in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas.

He lived in Sun City, Arizona after retirement and did a lot of traveling before his death.


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