KCOM remembers Delbert Maddox, D.O., ’55
Posted: April 9, 2010ATSU-KCOM graduate and professor Delbert E. Maddox, D.O., 97, of Kirksville died March 28, 2010.
Born in 1912 in Hannibal, Mo., Dr. Maddox graduated from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Truman State University) in 1936. After serving in the Navy in WWII, Dr. Maddox accepted a teaching position at Truman in 1945 and entered ATSU-KCOM after six years later. He taught at KCOM and was appointed head of the Department of General Practice until he retired in 1986. Dr. Maddox also created the Rural Clinic program, which continues to serve the outlying rural Northeast Missouri area.
A memorial service was held April 5, 2010, at the First Baptist Church in Kirksville.
Memorials honoring Dr. Maddox are suggested to the Truman State University Athletic Department or the Osteopathy Manipulation Department at A.T. Still University.