Background
Chrisman, O. Donald was born on September 16, 1917 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Oscar Day and Katherine (Ramsey) Chrisman.
physical anthropologist orthopedic surgeon
Chrisman, O. Donald was born on September 16, 1917 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Oscar Day and Katherine (Ramsey) Chrisman.
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1942. Master of Arts in Anthropology, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1988.
Surgical intern, Boston City Hospital, 1942-1943; orthopaedic resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1947-1949; orthopaedic instructor, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 1948-1949; chief orthopaedics, Cooley Dickenson Hospital, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1950-1984; associate professor hygiene, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1950-1970; orthpaedic research associate, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1955-1957; from assistant professor to professor orthopaedics, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1957-1993; orthopaedic lecturer, Yale Medical School, New Haven, since 1994; research associate in anthropology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1988.
Coordinator for Crippled Children Groups and Clinics, Cerebral Palsy, Polio, etc., Western Massachusetts, since 1952. Lieutenant Navy Medical Corps, 1943-1946. Member American Orthopaedics Research Society (president 1966-1967), Association Bone and Joint Surgeons (president 1973-1974), New England Orthopaedics Society (president 1970-1972).
Married Miriam Usher, November 29, 1943. Children: Nicholas Ramsey, David Abbott.