the South Pacific. He served in the Navy Medical Corps on a hospital ship in the Pacific theater. In 1946, Fortmann was licensed to practice medicine in California and began practicing on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. He worked as a surgeon at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, California, from 1948 until 1984. He became the hospital's chief of staff in 1965. He also served as the team physician for the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1963. Fortmann and his family in Toluca Lake and/or Burbank until 1974 when they moved to Pasadena. Fortmann was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1983 and, in 1988, began living at the John Douglas French Center, a facility in Los Alamitos, California, specializing in the care of Alzheimer's patients. He died at French Center in May 1995 at age 79. References External links Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member - Dan Fortmann 1916 births 1995 deaths American football offensive guards American football offensive tackles Chicago Bears players Colgate Raiders football players Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches Colgate University alumni College Football Hall of Fame inductees People from Pearl River, New York Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees American sports physicians Physicians from California United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Navy officers Deaths from dementia in California Deaths from Alzheimer's disease