Oil Portrait and Major Art Gallery

Thomas H. Burford, 1909-1977

Thomas H. Burford
Artist: Fred (Frederick E.) Conway, 1900-1973
Decade: 1970s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Donor: Fellows of Chest Service
Owner WUSM
Location: Becker Library, lower level
Description: Portrait of Thomas H. Burford, M.D., by Fred Conway. Oil on canvas, framed, total dimensions 55 x 43 inches. A brass plaque at the base of the frame reads: “To / Thomas H. Burford / Master Surgeon, Teacher and Friend / With gratitude and appreciation from his chest fellows / April 26, 1971.” Burford was a professor of cardiothoracic surgery.