Background
Dunn, Adolphus William was born on November 23, 1922 in Eden, North Carolina, United States. Son of Adolphus William and Sally Grey (Ivie) Dunn.
Dunn, Adolphus William was born on November 23, 1922 in Eden, North Carolina, United States. Son of Adolphus William and Sally Grey (Ivie) Dunn.
Bachelor of Science, Wake Forest College, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Duke University, 1945.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1943; advanced through grades to captain, United States Navy, 1959; retired, United States Navy, 1965; intern, Yale University Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, 1945; resident, United States Navy Hospital, San Diego, 1948; resident, United States Navy Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland., 1952-1953; resident, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1954; department chairman orthopaedic surgery, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, 1965-1988; clinical professor department orthopaedics school medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1965-1988; retired, 1988.
Fellow American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (emeritus). Member American Orthopaedic Association (emeritus), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Doris Margery Nash, June 23, 1945 (divorced 1975). Children: John B.R., Adolphus W. III. Married Clara Delores Kelly, September 3, 1977 (deceased March 10, 2000).