1927
Dr. Marion
2009
Dr. Marion Deveaux Cotten
November 11, 1927 — September 29, 2009
Dr. Cotten was born November 11th, 1927 in Charleston, SC, and graduated from the College of Charleston in 1948. He was awarded a PhD in Pharmacology by the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston, SC in 1952, and began a more than twenty year teaching career in 1954. He taught at the Tulane University School of Medicine, and at the Medical School at Emory University. He went on to serve as Professor of Pharmacology and as the youngest ever Chairman of the Pharmacology Department at the University of Oklahoma's School of Medicine. Afterward, he was Chairman of the Pharmacology Department at the University of Nebraska's Medical School, and he ended his teaching career as a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia.
In addition to his teaching career, Dr. Cotten was an internationally recognized cardiovascular research scientist and was active in public service. He was head of the Physiology section of the National Heart Institute from 1955 to 1957, and later was named a Senior Fellow for the Institute. He served as a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health, as a consultant for the World Health Organization and as Chairman of the Basic Science Section for the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr. Cotten also had a long career as a scientific author and as an editor of professional journals. He served as an editor for the Journal of Pharmacology from 1957 to 1962, as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from 1968 to 1977, and as Editor in Chief of Pharmacological Reviews from 1970 to 1977.
Dr. Cotten received his Juris Doctorate from Augusta Law School in 1974 and, after leaving the Medical College of Georgia, practiced law in Waynesboro, Georgia, for over twenty five years. Dr. Cotten was elected Solicitor of the State Court of Burke County in 1978 and served in that capacity until retiring in 2001.
Dr. Cotten was a long-time farmer and rancher in Burke and Screven Counties, and was, with his wife, the co-owner of Deer Run Ranch in Munnerlyn, Georgia. He served on the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Texas Longhorn Association and the Longhorn Breeders of the South. In 2001, he was named Herdsman of the Year by the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America. His ranch produced several animals which were named to the Texas Longhorn Breeders of America Hall of Fame, including the 2002 World Grand Champion Female Texas Longhorn.
He is preceded in death by his father, Marion Sr., his mother Beatrice, his sister Mary, his brother Francis, and his grandson Atys Mills-Cotten. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Mary Ella Logan, his son William (Elizabeth Mills), his daughters Sarah Lynn (Eddie Rowland) and Susan (Eric Junger) and by his grandchildren Sam Mills-Cotten, Noel Cotten-Rowland, Erin Cotten-Rowland, Laura Cotten-Rowland, Christian Cotten-Dixon, Charlie Cotten-Dixon, Casey Cotten-Dixon, Katie Junger and Sean Junger.
Family will receive friends Friday, October 2, 2009, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at DeLoach Funeral Home, Waynesboro.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, October 3, at 2:00 p.m. at DeLoach Funeral Home, Waynesboro, with Rev. Ralph Dixon officiating.
Interment will follow at Screven County Memorial Cemetery, Sylvania, Georgia.
The family suggests that memorials be made to American Heart Association, 1105 Furys Drive, Suite D, Augusta, GA30907 (706-855-5005).
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