(Bluefield)—Dr. Yvonne Thornton, a well known physician and author, will be the featured speaker at Bluefield State College’s 108th Commencement Exercises, May 14, 2005 (10 a.m.) at the Brushfork Armory. Dr. Thornton is a double-Board Certified specialist in obstetrics, gynecology, and maternal-fetal medicine and a life member of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Her book, The Ditchdigger’s Daughters” was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is now in its 12th printing. The book is a family biography and tribute to her parents. It was condensed in The Reader’s Digest and adapted into a world premiere movie that was nominated for the “Peabody Award” and the “Cable AME Award for Best Picture.” Her late mother was a student at BSC (then known as “Bluefield State Teachers College). “Bluefield State fomented my mother’s love of education and teaching—a love of learning that was instilled in her daughers so that we could reach the heights of academic excellence in our own lives and the lives of her grandchildren,” she noted.
Dr. Thornton is a strong advocate for women’s health issues, and is a spokesperson for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, as well as the March of Dimes. She has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show’, the “TODAY Show”, and “Good Morning America”.
Her academic appearances as a keynote speaker have included The Hockaday School, The Seven Hills School, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Texas Women's University, Berkeley College, Cornell and Harvard Universities.
January 27, 2005
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