Obituary: Robert Worman

The Messiah community is mourning the loss of noted alum and former Trustee, Dr. Robert Worman. After graduating from Messiah Junior College in 1945, he completed a bachelor’s degree at Wheaton College in Illinois. With a sense of calling to serve in medical missions, he then enrolled in Jefferson Medical College from which he graduated in 1950. Years of internship and residency training followed, and he completed requirements for board certification in general surgery. 

Worman spent three years as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy in Japan and Korea. He completed more than 10 years serving in mission hospitals in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Thailand. Upon his return to the U.S., the position of chief of surgery at the Columbus Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, afforded him the opportunity to participate in the training and education of young doctors and medical students, some of whom also became missionaries. 

From 1975-1990, he was a member of the Messiah University Board of Trustees. He appreciated the opportunity to participate in decisions regarding major growth in financial and scholastic aspects of the University. 

Recently, his family established the Dr. Robert K. Worman Scholarship Endowment at Messiah University to support students with financial need.