Colonel Whitely, M.D.
Dr. Andre Burr Whitely was born 13 December 1941 in Tulsa, OK. He graduated High School in 1960 from Broken Arrow. In 1964, he entered the U.S. Air Force and trained as a munitions officer. He later served as a munitions test engineer-project officer at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. He was then assigned as a nuclear weapons officer with the German Air Force in England. He returned to Oklahoma to earn a Masters of Science degree in Chemistry at Oklahoma State University. Upon completion, he became a faculty member of the United States Air Force Academy. He went to become a medical student at the University of Colorado where he trained as a flight surgeon. He later completed training and was certified in radiation oncology. In 1987, he retired from the U.S. Air Force as Chief of Radiation Oncology at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. He became medical director of the Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute and retired from fulltime practise in 2001. He currently does forensic consultation, locum tenens, and serves as President of the Washington County Medical Society. Colonel Whitely's oldest daughter is a licensed clinical psychologist in San Antonio, TX. His youngest daughter graduated from medical school in Houston and is currently a board certified psychiatrist. His wife is a CPA with her own medical billing business. They enjoy traveling, alpine skiing, and SCUBA.
Recipientsof the Col. Whitely Scholarship
