Edna Elliott was the first Black American to graduate from Parkland’s School of Radiologic Technology in 1964. She continued to work at Parkland for over 30 years. She worked as a diagnostic imager and from 1984 – 1996, Edna was Assistant Director of the very program she graduated from. When the program closed in 1996, Edna stayed to make sure the current students finished. Edna retired from Parkland in the year 2000.

Edna received her Bachelors Degree in Education in 1998. This was a degree she vowed to complete when she had to leave Prairie View A&M in 1961.

Edna was an active member of TSRT for over 30 years and served as the North Texas Area Counselor throughout the 1990’s.

Edna has influenced many diagnostic imagers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the state of Texas. At the time of her death, Edna was doing what she did best, educating students. Edna was working as adjunct faculty in the Radiologic Technology Programs at El Centro College in Dallas and Tarrant County College in Hurst, Texas.

Due to membership request, the TSRT Professional Technologist Hall of Fame will henceforth be known as the:

Edna M. Elliott Technologist Hall of Fame.