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Morris Davidson, M.D., professor emeritus of otolaryngology at the School of Medicine, died Thursday, April 20, 2000, of cardiac arrest at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Davidson, a physician for 50 years, was 85.
A private service was held April 25 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetary. This included a color guard, gun salute and taps in honor of Davidson's service as a flight surgeon in World War II. A memorial service also was held May 2 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Davidson was born in Milwaukee and raised in Elkhart, Ind. He received a medical degree from Indiana University in 1938 and was an otolaryngology resident at Barnes Hospital. He became a clinical otolaryngology instructor at the medical school in 1948.
As a U.S. Air Force physician, he was assigned to Labrador, Hawaii and the South Pacific. He also served at what is now Scott Air Force Base. Davidson helped evacuate wounded soldiers in five invasions in the Pacific. And he witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri.
Davidson was an accomplished skier, beekeeper, gardener, gentleman farmer, pilot and published photographer.
Among survivors are his wife of 57 years, Louise; son, Richard Davidson, M.D., of St. Louis; three daughters, Susan Davidson, Elizabeth Davidson and Sallie Bieber, all of St. Louis; and five grandchildren.
