Thomas Anthony Dooley III

1927–1961 (age 34)

Physician

Biography

Thomas Anthony Dooley III pursued medicine with the belief that healing the sick was a universal calling, and his humanitarian work reached far beyond familiar borders. He went wherever need was greatest, offering comfort and care to populations facing hardship with a restless compassion that inspired many.

Calvary Cemetery now shelters his resting place, yet the lives he touched remain a living tribute to his courage and to the global sense of duty he embraced.

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