Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, former health commissioner under Mayor Richard J. Daley, died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla.
Daley appointed Dr. O'Connell, his personal physician, to the post of health commissioner in 1970.
He graduated from Loyola Medical School in 1922 and in the same year became the chief medical officer of Misericordia, a home for handicapped children.
Dr. O'Connell entered private practice on the South Side in 1924 and taught gynecology at Loyola Medical School for many years. He was a member of the Fellowship American College of Surgeons.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
He retired from practicing medicine in 1958 and moved to Florida. Daley brought him out of retirement to serve the city until he retired again in 1970.
Dr. O'Connell is survived by a sister.
Services were held at 11 a.m. today at St. Barnabas Church, 10161 S. Longwood. Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. [Chicago Sun-Times (IL) — Monday, August 3, 1987]
Mass for Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, an obstetrician and former Chicago health commissioner, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 10134 S. Longwood Dr.
A former Southwest Side resident, Dr. O'Connell died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., his retirement home.
He served as Chicago's health commissioner from 1968 to 1970. For seven years before that he had been an assistant health commissioner.
He practiced medicine in Chicago from 1924 until 1958.
Dr. O'Connell had been retired from medical practice for several years when then Mayor Richard J. Daley, a friend, appointed him to the city's Department of Health.
Dr. O'Connell was a graduate of the Loyola University School of Medicine and later served on its faculty.
During World War II he served in the Navy in the South Pacific.
He is survived by a sister, Cassia Donigan [Chicago Tribune (IL) — August 2, 1987].
Daley appointed Dr. O'Connell, his personal physician, to the post of health commissioner in 1970.
He graduated from Loyola Medical School in 1922 and in the same year became the chief medical officer of Misericordia, a home for handicapped children.
Dr. O'Connell entered private practice on the South Side in 1924 and taught gynecology at Loyola Medical School for many years. He was a member of the Fellowship American College of Surgeons.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
He retired from practicing medicine in 1958 and moved to Florida. Daley brought him out of retirement to serve the city until he retired again in 1970.
Dr. O'Connell is survived by a sister.
Services were held at 11 a.m. today at St. Barnabas Church, 10161 S. Longwood. Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. [Chicago Sun-Times (IL) — Monday, August 3, 1987]
Mass for Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, an obstetrician and former Chicago health commissioner, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 10134 S. Longwood Dr.
A former Southwest Side resident, Dr. O'Connell died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., his retirement home.
He served as Chicago's health commissioner from 1968 to 1970. For seven years before that he had been an assistant health commissioner.
He practiced medicine in Chicago from 1924 until 1958.
Dr. O'Connell had been retired from medical practice for several years when then Mayor Richard J. Daley, a friend, appointed him to the city's Department of Health.
Dr. O'Connell was a graduate of the Loyola University School of Medicine and later served on its faculty.
During World War II he served in the Navy in the South Pacific.
He is survived by a sister, Cassia Donigan [Chicago Tribune (IL) — August 2, 1987].
Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, former health commissioner under Mayor Richard J. Daley, died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla.
Daley appointed Dr. O'Connell, his personal physician, to the post of health commissioner in 1970.
He graduated from Loyola Medical School in 1922 and in the same year became the chief medical officer of Misericordia, a home for handicapped children.
Dr. O'Connell entered private practice on the South Side in 1924 and taught gynecology at Loyola Medical School for many years. He was a member of the Fellowship American College of Surgeons.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
He retired from practicing medicine in 1958 and moved to Florida. Daley brought him out of retirement to serve the city until he retired again in 1970.
Dr. O'Connell is survived by a sister.
Services were held at 11 a.m. today at St. Barnabas Church, 10161 S. Longwood. Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. [Chicago Sun-Times (IL) — Monday, August 3, 1987]
Mass for Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, an obstetrician and former Chicago health commissioner, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 10134 S. Longwood Dr.
A former Southwest Side resident, Dr. O'Connell died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., his retirement home.
He served as Chicago's health commissioner from 1968 to 1970. For seven years before that he had been an assistant health commissioner.
He practiced medicine in Chicago from 1924 until 1958.
Dr. O'Connell had been retired from medical practice for several years when then Mayor Richard J. Daley, a friend, appointed him to the city's Department of Health.
Dr. O'Connell was a graduate of the Loyola University School of Medicine and later served on its faculty.
During World War II he served in the Navy in the South Pacific.
He is survived by a sister, Cassia Donigan [Chicago Tribune (IL) — August 2, 1987].
Daley appointed Dr. O'Connell, his personal physician, to the post of health commissioner in 1970.
He graduated from Loyola Medical School in 1922 and in the same year became the chief medical officer of Misericordia, a home for handicapped children.
Dr. O'Connell entered private practice on the South Side in 1924 and taught gynecology at Loyola Medical School for many years. He was a member of the Fellowship American College of Surgeons.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
He retired from practicing medicine in 1958 and moved to Florida. Daley brought him out of retirement to serve the city until he retired again in 1970.
Dr. O'Connell is survived by a sister.
Services were held at 11 a.m. today at St. Barnabas Church, 10161 S. Longwood. Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. [Chicago Sun-Times (IL) — Monday, August 3, 1987]
Mass for Dr. Morgan J. O'Connell, 88, an obstetrician and former Chicago health commissioner, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 10134 S. Longwood Dr.
A former Southwest Side resident, Dr. O'Connell died Wednesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., his retirement home.
He served as Chicago's health commissioner from 1968 to 1970. For seven years before that he had been an assistant health commissioner.
He practiced medicine in Chicago from 1924 until 1958.
Dr. O'Connell had been retired from medical practice for several years when then Mayor Richard J. Daley, a friend, appointed him to the city's Department of Health.
Dr. O'Connell was a graduate of the Loyola University School of Medicine and later served on its faculty.
During World War II he served in the Navy in the South Pacific.
He is survived by a sister, Cassia Donigan [Chicago Tribune (IL) — August 2, 1987].
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