MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:
John J DeBender

• Hometown: Chicago
• Campus: UIUC
• Illinois Degree(s) & Major(s): BS microbiology
• Year of Illinois graduation: 1969
• Favorite UI Memory: Saturday football games
• Favorite Place on Campus: The quad with chimes from Altgeld Hall and Allerton Park off campus
• Favorite Illini athlete: Dick Butkus
• Favorite class at Illinois: All of my microbiology classes
• Favorite UIUC Bar/Restaurant: Boars Head, Etcetera, Chances R, Treno's
• Moved to Houston: 1978
• What brought you to Houston: I joined an orthopaedic surgery practice.
• Favorite things About Houston: Year round sailing, no snow (almost), friendly people
• Favorite places in Houston: Memorial Park, Terry Hershey Park, Galveston Bay
• Occupation: Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Something special about me: I went fron U of I to St. Louis University medical school to get MD degree. Then to Ohio State Univ. for a general surgery residency .Then to Washington Univ in St. Louis for an orthopaedic surgery residency. I went into practice in Houston in 1978
• How to get in contact: Link

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