George Hilliard III, MD, a co-founder of the Longview Orthopedic Clinic Association in Texas, died Oct. 12 at the age of 91.
Dr. Hilliard co-founded the practice alongside Landon Colquitt Jr., MD, and provided orthopedic care in East Texas until his retirement in 2000.
Dr. Hilliard moved to Longview in 1965 after completing his orthopedic surgery residency. He also served as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps at Womack Army Hospital in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Throughout his career, he was a fellow of the American Orthopaedic Association and the American College of Surgeons. He was also a member of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Texas Surgical Society.
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