Dr Merton Melrose Minter

1903 - 1977  (74 years)

• Name	Merton Melrose Minter
  Prefix	Dr
  Birth	3 Jan 1903	Jewett, Leon County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FFCC582352D245D8B2187BC8386DD2808BF0
  Death	5 Sep 1977	Nix Memorial Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Notes	1930 United States Federal Census, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Dr Merton MINTER was a lodger with Dr E T Johnson, his wife and son and some other lodgers. 1940 United States Federal Census, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas [the page on which the Minters appear, and several other pages, identify people as 'lodger' or 'guest' - not clear why] Merton M MINTER (lodger, 37, physician, medical practice), Katherine H MINTER (guest, 31), Merton MINTER Jr (guest, 6) and Alan H MINTER (guest, 1). All born Texas. 1950 United States Federal Census, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Merton MINTER (head, 34 [sic], doctor, self employed), Catherine MINTER (wife, 31 [sic]) and Alan MINTER (son, 11). All born Texas. Also at the house was a Filipino servant, aged 40, name unclear. From findagrave.com, June 2015: Merton Melrose Minter, internist and chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, was born in Jewett, Texas, in 1903 and raised in Corsicana. He earned a B.A. at the University of Texas in 1925 and an M.D. at the UT Medical Branch in 1928. He did postgraduate work at the Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School, and the International Post-Graduate Medical Assembly, of which he was president in 1953. After an internship at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri (1928 he moved to San Antonio to practice internal medicine. He opened the Minter Clinic in that city in 1932 and continued to work there until his death. Minter was active in the Texas Medical Association throughout his career; he was cochairman of the Public Relations Committee when it was formed in 1943 and chairman of the Section on Medicine in 1948. He was elected to the TMA board of trustees in 1946 and acted as vice chairman before his election to a two-year term as chairman in 1951. He also belonged to the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Bexar County Medical Society, American Diabetic Association, and American Heart Association. Minter was a member of the San Antonio Medical Foundation board of trustees from 1956 until his death and was chairman from 1971 to 1976. He was appointed a regent of the University of Texas System in 1955 and was chairman of the board from 1959 to 1961. During his tenure he was instrumental in the decision to build a UT medical school in San Antonio. Minter's efforts were also important in securing other medical facilities in the San Antonio area, including Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, Bexar County Hospital, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, Villa Rosa Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Center, San Antonio Community Hospital, the Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health, and the Cancer Therapy and Research Center. He received the University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1970 and was posthumously presented the 1977 Golden Deeds Award of the Exchange Club of San Antonio. Minter died of viral encephalitis on September 5, 1977, in San Antonio. He was survived by his wife, Katherine, and two sons. HANDBOOK OF TEXAS - ONLINE Merton Minter Boulevard runs throught the area occupied by San Antonio's hospitals.
  Person ID	I6737	America
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Percival Anthony Minter,   b. 12 May 1865, Whiteville, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Oct 1948, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Louella Louisa OWEN,   b. 12 Sep 1863, White County, Arkansas, USA d. 4 Aug 1933, Texas, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F2611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Logan HUNTRESS,   b. 24 Jul 1908, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA d. 28 Dec 1980, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1931	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Merton Melrose Minter, Jr.,   b. 24 Jun 1933, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA d. 10 May 2018, Amelia Island, Florida, USA (Age 84 years)   2. Alan Huntress Minter
  Family ID	F2612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 5 Sep 1977 - Nix Memorial Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Burial - - Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S223] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903 - 1982, at ancestry.com, March 2015 and later. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S434] Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at ancestry.com.