Personal Life
Numerous honors and awards were bestowed upon Ochsner not only for his success as a surgeon, but as a New Orleanian. In 1948, he received the highest civic honor New Orleans can bestow when he was named Rex, King of Carnival. Ochsner was also involved in conservative politics, primarily within the Republican Party.
Ochsner and his wife had four children.
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