Clinton WARNER

Family-Placed Death Notice

WARNER, Clinton, Jr. CLINTON E. WARNER JR., M.D. Dr. Clinton Ellsworth Warner, born in Atlanta, GA., on the campus of Morehouse College on July 11, 1924. Warner was the son of beloved Morehouse instructor Clinton E. (Pop) Warner Sr. and Mabel Hubert Warner in historic Graves Hall on July 11, 1924. Warner was an activist and catalyst on the front lines of three of the twentieth century's most transformative struggles World War II (Invasion of Omaha Beach - D-Day) the Civil Rights Movement and the founding of the Morehouse School of Medicine, the first medical school to be established at a Historically Black College and University in the 20th century. Graduating in 1940 from East Depot High School in LaGrange, GA, Warner entered Morehouse in the Fall of 1940 at the age of 16. Always identifying with the distinguished Morehouse class of 1944, Warner's post-secondary education was interrupted by the onset of World War II. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Army and participated in the D-Day invasion of France (Omaha Beach) that turned the tide of the war in Europe. Warner then returned home to study at Morehouse College, where he received his B.S. degree in Biology in 1948. He earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, graduating summa cum laude in 1951. Following an internship at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and surgical training in St. Louis, Warner entered private practice in 1956 and retired in Atlanta in 1997 as a surgeon. From 1959-1995, Warner would also serve as College Physician and Director of the McVicar Infirmary on the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. Warner also became heavily involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He purchased a home at 483 Fielding Lane in Southwest Atlanta, defying tthe Berlin Wall-like Peyton Road Barricades erected in 1962 by Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. to segregate the community. Warner's act of resistance initiated a campaign for fair housing that opened housing in Southwest Atlanta to African Americans. Warner was also a plaintiff in a 1963 lawsuit that desegregated Emory University and the Fulton County Medical and Dental Society. As the civil rights movement gained momentum, Warner contributed medical and bail resources to student activists and was jailed twice in hotel protests in Atlanta. In 1967, he founded the first minority medical surgical group, the Atlanta Surgical Professional Association. In 1973, he was elected to the Morehouse College Board of Trustees where he served on five (5) committees during his 30-year tenure. An active member of several medical and civic organizations, Warner has been recognized several times for his contributions to medicine and the community. He served as honorary co-chairman of the Medical Support Group for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and served on the board of trustees of Morehouse College for 30 years and as Founding Chair of the Morehouse Medical School from 1979-2004. He was a Lifetime member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Among his many hobbies and interests were Golf, classical piano, bridge, computers and chess. Warner received numerous Honors and Awards for his leadership and philanthropy as a treasured member of the Greater Atlanta communities. He leaves to cherish his precious and fond memories, a devoted and loving wife, Sally Johnson Warner; son, Clinton E. Warner, III; granddaughter, Monique Warner, niece, Shauna Smith and a host of other relatives, friends and patients whom he served in the Atlanta community for more than 50 years. Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 11:00AM at The Ray Charles Performing Arts Center and Music Academic Building on the campus of Morehouse College 900 West End Avenue S.W., Atlanta, GA 30314, The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., Eulogist. Entombment: Westview Cemetery. Family visitation and wake will begin at 5:30PM, Fraternal Order of Services will begin at 6:00PM Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Murray Brothers Funeral Home, 1199 Utoy Springs Road, SW 404-349-3000 www.mbfh.com In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions may be made to: Morehouse College c/o Office of Institutional Advancement, to support the Clinton E. Warner, Sr. "Pop Warner" (Father) Scholarship Fund, 830 Westview Dr. SW Atlanta, GA 30314 and/or Morehouse School of Medicine c/o Office of Institutional Advancement to support the Mable H. Warner (Mother) Scholarship Fund 720 Westview Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30310 and/or Meharry Medical College c/o Office of Institutional Advancement in the name of Clinton E., Jr. and Sally J. Warner Scholarship Fund, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd. Nashville, Tennessee 37208.