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John Kelso Ormond

Born  1886
Died  1978

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American urologist, born 1886, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; died February 25, 1978, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Biography of John Kelso Ormond

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.

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