Frank was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at Owen's College in Manchester where he held the Dreschfield and Dauntesey scholarships, qualifying M.B., Ch.B. in early 1916. On qualifying as a doctor he took up a house appointment at Manchester Royal Infirmary where he worked under Sir William Milligan, M.D.. F.R.C.S., who first introduced him to the field of Otolaryngology, which became a great influence on his career. Frank joined the R.A.M.C. on 9th May 1916 as a Temp. Hon. Lieutenant on probation, being confirmed in the rank of Temp. Lieutenant on 12th July 1916. He first entered the war on 9 September 1916 in Mesopotamia, where he remained until early 1919 working as a surgeon and x-ray specialist. He was promoted to Captain on 12th July 1917. In early 1919, he was sent from Mesopotamia to India, where he was appointed as the medical officer to the 1/4 Gurkha Rifles, which were part of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Division during the Third Afghan War. Taken from the Dispatch by Gen. C.C. Monro, C-in-C in India, published in the London Gazette on 15 March 1920: “The fort was assaulted by the 1-22nd Punjabis, whose leading company entered, the main gate, and by good use of their Lewis guns quickly secured the first foothold. The 4th Gurkha Rifles simultaneously stormed the south-east face by means of scaling ladders, and in a few minutes the fort was in our hands……The enemy had shown the greatest bravery throughout the operation, and when the assaulting columns reached their objectives the survivors continued a hand-to-hand fight.” Frank returned to the UK from India on demobilization in late 1919, and he immediately took up a position as House Surgeon at the Birmingham and Midland Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. Then following this, a position as Registrar at the Hospital for Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat in Golden Square, London. In 1920, he proceeded to M.D., and in 1921 he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Shortly after in 1922 he received his first Staff appointment at the E.N.T. Hospital at Golden Square, which was to become his own ultimate academic distinction. He was forever anxious to do his very best for his patients and was always keen to assist his juniors, but he also made the very best of every opportunity he was given to advance the prestige of his specialty. After being made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in London in 1926, he was appointed to the Staff at both the Westminster and the Brompton Hospitals in London. In addition to providing exceptional clinical facilities and care for his patients at these famous teaching hospitals, he had always been deeply interested in the academic side of his specialty, and his two new appointments brought him into closer contact with many undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over the world. In 1939 Frank published his book, “Tuberculosis of the Upper Respiratory Tracts”. Throughout the late 1920’s and 30’s he worked unceasingly as both a doctor and teacher, and it was also at this time he became convinced of the need for organized training in Otolaryngology. His vision enabled him to foresee the necessity of an academic institution of Laryngology, and the results of all his hard work saw Frank play a leading role between 1945-47 in the formation the National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in London, as well as being the founder of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology of the British Post Graduate Medical Federation. In the Royal Society of Medicine he was a member of council at various times and President of his section in 1942-43. He was a fellow of the Medical Society of London and also the co-founder of the British Association of Otolaryngologists, as well as being a member of many foreign societies. With the introduction of the Final Fellowship Examination in Otolaryngology by the Royal College of Surgeons in 1947, Frank was one of the first three specialists appointed on the Court of Examiners, which he served on for five years. The opportunity came for him to complete his life’s work in 1949, when he made the unhesitating sacrifice by giving up all his outside consultant appointments and private practice, to accept the position as the first Chair of Laryngology and Otology at University College London. It was here he formed the professorial unit of the institute at Gray’s Inn Road, and went on to build a highly successful teaching and research unit within the college. Professor Frank Ormerod was appointed Semon Lecturer at the University College London in 1953. The author of many scholarly publications, including his papers “Streptomycin in Otolaryngology” and “A Case of Moniliacis”, which were published in the British Medical Journal in 1950 and 1951, he made many scientific contributions to international gatherings, achieving a world-wide reputation as a pioneer in his field. In 1959 he attained the University age of retirement from clinical work, but was then asked to remain with the institute until 1963 as director of research. Even after his retirement he continued to identify himself with the institute and hospital he had served so well, and in 1965 he was invited by the Dept. of Surgery at the University of California to give a series of lectures and demonstrations in the United States. In his final year he was still working daily at the institute, assembling and mounting an historic collection of instruments illustrating the history of otolaryngology, along with photos and biographies of eminent otolaryngologists. These all became part of the documented museum he was building which was a project very near to his heart, although unfortunately he died before this work was complete but others have since finished it as a tribute to this great man. Professor Frank Cunliffe Ormerod M.D., F.R.C.S., died at his home in London after a short illness. He was the son of George and Clara Ormerod of Southport Road, Chorley. His father is listed in the 1901 census as a Mill Owner and Draper. [Information researched and kindly provided by Michael W Cook (photograph courtesy of Michael)]