Background
Orr, Hiram Winnett was born on March 17, 1877 in West Newton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew Wilson and Frances J. (Winnett) Orr.
Orr, Hiram Winnett was born on March 17, 1877 in West Newton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew Wilson and Frances J. (Winnett) Orr.
University of Nebraska, 1892-1895. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1899.
In practice at Lincoln, Nebraska, since 1899. Editor Western Medical Review, 1899-1906. Lecturer on history of medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska, since 1903.
Chief medical inspector, Lincoln public schools, 1908.
Superintendent Nebraska Orthopedic Hospital, 1911-1917, chief surgeon, 1919-1947, consultant surgeon since 1947. Consultant surgeon department orthopedic surgery Lincoln General Hospital Editor Journal Orthopedic Surgery, 1919-1921.
Commissioned captain, Medical Roman Catholic, May 18, 1917. On duty Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, June 1917-August 1918.
With American Expeditionary Forces, France, August, 1918-February 24, 1919.
Major Medical Corps, October 1, 1918. Lieutenant colonel, February 17, 1919. Relieved, June 1, 1919.
Was colonel Medical Corps, United States Army Reserve, with special assignment as consultant orthopedic surgery.
Librarian, Nebraska State Medical Association, 1900-1912, secretary, 1907, president, 1919-1920. Secretary American Orthopedic Association, 1915-1917, editor, 1919-1921, president, 1936.
Secretary Central States Orthopedic Club, 1913-1917.
Member American Medical Association (chairman orthopedic section, 1921-1922), Mississippi Valley and Missouri Valley medical associations, Elkhorn Valley Medical Society, Lancaster County Medical Society, Society International de Chirurg Orthopedique (United States), American Medical library association (honorary. Member); member Chi Phi, Phi Rho Sigma, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha (Nebraska). Clubs: Commercial, Country, Lincoln University.
Married Grace Douglass, September 7, 1904. Children: Douglass, Willard, Josephine, Dorothy, Gwenith.