[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E618-E619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO DR. C. WARREN DERRICK, JR.

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2022

  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. C. 
Warren Derrick, Jr. Born in Mullins, SC and raised in Marion. Dr. 
Derrick was the eldest son of Helen and Warren Derrick, Sr. After 
graduating from Marion High School as president of the student body in 
1954, he entered Wofford College where he was a member of Blue Key and 
President of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He graduated in 1958.
  Deciding on a career in medicine, he matriculated at the Medical 
College of South Carolina, graduating in 1962. While in medical school, 
he married Ann Marie Berry of Spartanburg.
  After completing a rotating internship at Greenville Memorial 
Hospital, he was inducted into the U.S. Army as a Captain in the 
Medical Corps and stationed in Nuremberg, Germany. He served for 2 
years as Battalion Surgeon for the 34th Artillery, 2nd AC. He was 
discharged in 1965 and accepted a position with Western Michigan 
University in Kalamazoo, Michigan as a physician in their student 
health center for one year. In 1966, he started a 2-year pediatric 
residency at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham, 
Alabama which was followed by a 3-year fellowship in pediatric 
infectious disease at the Children's Hospital of Alabama.
  Upon the completion of his fellowship, he was appointed Assistant 
Professor of Pediatrics. He rose to Associate Professor in 1975 and 
served as Director of Outpatient Services at the Children's Hospital. 
It was during their 10 years in Birmingham that their 3 children were 
born.
  Dr. Derrick returned to South Carolina and accepted a position with 
Sumter Pediatrics in Sumter in January 1977. After 10 months in private 
practice, he was offered, and he accepted, a faculty position with the 
fledgling new medical school in Columbia as Professor of Pediatrics and 
Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina 
School of Medicine--a position he was to hold for the next 29 years.
  During his tenure with Children's Hospital and the medical school, he 
was instrumental in the growth and development of the pediatric 
department and establishment of the state's first free-standing 
children's hospital. Under his leadership, the department developed a 
national reputation for its educational excellence and patient care. He 
retired in 2007.
  His many honors include distinguished alumni/service awards from the 
Children's Hospital of Alabama, USC School of Medicine, and Wofford 
College; The Presidential Merit Award, MUSC; William Weston 
Distinguished Service Award, Department of Pediatrics, USC School of 
Medicine; and the Order of the Palmetto, State of South Carolina.
  He was predeceased by Ann, his wife of 58 years. Surviving are his 3 
children: Andrea Derrick Truitt (Chip), Hope Derrick (Marc Turner), and 
Scott Derrick (Melissa); six grandchildren: Abby, Shelby, and Rachel 
Truitt; Ethan and Emery Turner; and Tripp Derrick, all of Columbia. He 
is also survived by his brother Bill Derrick (Jo) of Myrtle Beach and 
was predeceased by his sister, Susan Derrick of Palatka, Florida.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that you and our colleagues join me in 
celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. C. Warren Derrick, Jr.

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