Kevin O’Rourke, OP, was renowned bioethicist

Fr. Kevin O’Rourke, OP died March 28 at the age of 85. He was professor emeritus and former director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics at the Medical Center at Saint Louis University. In 2004, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Health Association of St. Louis. An obituary was posted on the Saint Louis University web site. Fr. Kevin was also featured in a column on StLToday.com, in the Chicago Sun-Times and on Newswise.com.