Donald Hunter O'Rourke , M.D. 1893-1959
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Education
- BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1915
- MD, Rush Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1917
- Internship, St. Francis University, Wichita, KS
- Residency, in Ophthalmology, University of Colorado, 1923 - 1926
Military Service
Medical Officer aboard a troop transport, and 7 years as a Lt. Commander in China and the Philippine Islands.
Professional Memberships
- The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Faculty - 25 years
- Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, Member and President from 1941-1945
- Medical Society of the City and County of Denver
Professional Interests
Dr. O'Rourke was always an ardent student as well as a teacher.
Interesting Fact
Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1893, he was the middle son of five children. Both of his parents attended the University of Michigan. From the age of nine, his consuming ambition was to become a doctor. He married Edna Elease Fee and together they had four children, two boys and two girls.