Obituary of Albert S. Norris, M.D.

Albert “Ab” Stanley Norris M.D., 83 of Iowa City died Friday, October 16, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with burial at the Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services on Wednesday followed by a reception at the funeral home prior to going for the burial at the cemetery. Ab was born July 14, 1926, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada the son of William and Mary Norris. Following graduation from The University of Western Ontario Medical School in London, Ontario, he continued his graduate training in Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, and as a teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School. He returned to Canada in private practice but soon returned to the Psychopathic Hospital in Iowa City to teach, do research and clinical practice. In subsequent years he continued in academia at The University of Oregon Medical School, and then became the first Chairman of Psychiatry at the newly established medical school in Springfield, Illinois. From 1977 to 1978 he took a year long sabbatical teaching around the world. Following a period of private practice in Cedar Rapids, he partially retired but continued to do locum tenens around the United States. In 1963 he proudly became a naturalized U.S. Citizen. Ab was honored to be a Fellow of The American Psychiatric Association, a Member of Society of Sigma Xi, included in American Men of Science and World Who’s Who in Science. In addition to his many published articles, Ab authored “Psychiatry for the Family Practice Physician”. Ab was an avid traveler and enjoyed music, books, gardening, family time and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Ab is survived by Dorothy “Jimmie” (James), his wife of 59 years, daughter Barb (Larry) Eide, son Bob (Kathy) and daughter Kim (Larry) Reves; grandchildren, Jay (Katie) Eide, Jamie (John) Boedeker, Jeff Eide and Tyler McGowan; great-grandchildren Logan and Kayla Eide and Jack Boedeker. In addition, he has many nieces and nephews who reside in Canada and Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Henry and Eddie and sisters-in-law Fay and Rita.