Background
Orr, Thomas Grover was born on May 9, 1884 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Albert and Mildred Jane (Cook) Orr.
Orr, Thomas Grover was born on May 9, 1884 in Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Albert and Mildred Jane (Cook) Orr.
Graduated from the high school, Carrollton, 1903. Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1907. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1910.
1 son, Doctor Thomas Grover. Instructor in surgery, University of Kansas, 1914-1917, associate professor surgery, 1917-1924, professor surgery and head of Department, University of Kansas, and surgeon in chief to University of Kansas Hospital, 1924-1949. Professor of surgery and chief second surgical service University Kansas Medical Center, 1949-1954, emeritus professor, since 1954.
Consultant surgical Veterans Administration Hospital., Kansas City, United States Army Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas.
In special research in intestinal obstruction, 1922-1931.
Served as major Medical corpus, United States army, 1918-1919. Fellow American College Surgeons (governor). Member of the American Medical Association, Amrican Surgical Association (former president), Southwestern Surgical Congress (former president), American Society of the History of Medicine, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Chicago Surgical Society (honorary), Western Surgical Association (former president), Society University Surgeons, Society Internationale de Chirurgie, Central Surgical Association, American Board Surgery (foundation.
Married Irene Helen Harris, December 22, 1913.