Dr. Joe Maurer, co-founder of 4-hospital Colorado system, dies at 103

Lawrence Eugene “Joe” Maurer, MD, co-founder of Boulder (Colo.) Medical Center, died Jan. 24. He was 103 years old, according to an obituary published in The Daily Camera.

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Here are three things to know about Dr. Maurer.

1. Dr. Maurer, along with nine other physicians, co-founded Boulder Medical Center in 1949. The organization has since grown to include four hospitals, but remains a physician-owned institution.

2. He was born in 1914, and received his medical degree from the Indianapolis-based Indiana University School of Medicine in 1939.

3. A trained pediatrician, Dr. Maurer delivered more than 2,500 babies during his career, including his two children.

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