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John Kelso Ormond
American urologist, born 1886, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; died February 25, 1978, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Associated eponyms:
Albarran-Ormond syndrome
Inflammatory retroperitoneal fibrosis of unknown aetiology, which may extend into the chest cavity and pelvis, and is usually associated with urinary obstruction.
Biography:
John Kelso Ormond was one of six children born to Alexander Thomas Ormond (1847-1915), professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at the State University in Minnesota and later at Princeton, and Mary Huston (born Simons). He married Charlotte (maiden name unknown) and they had three children – Mary Huston Ormond, Dr. Robert Simmons Ormond, and John Kelso Ormond, Jr. They lived in Flint, Michigan.
We thank Betty Thornburg, Elizabeth Kelso Ormond, and Søren Nørby for information submitted.
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