Background
Dorsey, Dennis Basil was born on March 3, 1912 in Braymer, Missouri, United States. Son of Claude Purdue and Mary Alice (Lankford) Dorsey.
Dorsey, Dennis Basil was born on March 3, 1912 in Braymer, Missouri, United States. Son of Claude Purdue and Mary Alice (Lankford) Dorsey.
AB, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, 1933. Doctor of Medicine, Kansas University, 1937.
Postgraduate surgery training, Augustana Hospital, Chicago, 1937-1942;
resident in pathology, Augustana Hospital, Chicago, 1947-1950;
private practice, Lawrence, Kansas, 1946-1947;
director department of pathology, Lakeview Memorial Hospital, Danville, Illinois, 1950-1964;
director department of pathology, Center DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, 1964-1977;
president, Dorsey of Boca Grande, Florida, since 1980. Chairman medical Executive Committee Myelodysplastic Syndromes Health Group Inc., Amherst, New York, 1979-1984. Chairman health advising committee Myelodysplastic Syndromes Health Group Ltd., since 1984.
Co-chairman medical advisory board Myelodysplastic Syndromes laboratories, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, 1984-1993: member medical advisory board Myelodysplastic Syndromes -Hudson Valley laboratories, Poughkeepsie, New York, since 1988. Consultant department pathology VA, Washington, 1975-1983. Board directors, vice president, president Boca Grande Health Clinic, Inc., 1984-1987, 88-91.
Brindley visiting professor University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1984.
Board directors Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, Boca Grande, 1983-1986. Major United States Army, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Clinical Pathologists (emeritus, Joint Distinguished Service award 1986), College American Pathologists (life, president 1975-1977, Pathologist of Year award 1969, Presidential honors 1982).
Member American Medical Association, National Reference Systems in Clinical Chemistry Council (chairman 1983-1984, Presidential citation 1985), Gasparilla Island Golf Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Hazel Louise Overley, March 11, 1939. Children: Alice Louise Dorsey Smith, Carol Ann Dorsey Bristol, David C.