Speaker Tom O'Driscoll

Date

July 26, 2023

Location

Sugar Creek Country Club
420 Sugar Creek Blvd
Sugar Land, TX 77478 US

Additional Information

Tom O’Driscoll
Life Overview

Raised in Houston in a large family (seventh of nine children)
Education
Westchester Senior High School SBISD – 1982
United States Military Academy, West Point, BS - 1986
University of Texas at Austin, MBA – 1991
Work experience
United States Army, 2nd LT., Infantry
US Army Airborne school – 1985
Infantry Officer Basic Course – 1986
US Army Ranger School – 1986 (suffered 3rd degree frostbite to both feet and was honorably discharged)
The First Boston Corporation, New York, City, Financial Analyst, 1987 – 1989
JPMorgan Chase, Houston, Vice President, 1989 – 2001
Torch Securities, Houston, Owner, 2001 – present
Living organ donor
Left kidney, Cedar Sinai Hospital, July 2010
Liver (60%), Keck Medicine of USC, February 2022
Organ donation stories
Triathlete Magazine - https://www.triathlete.com/culture/mytri-i-race-to-give-life-to-others/
KPRC TV Houston - https://www.click2houston.com/video/news/2023/03/01/living-organ-donors-to-climb-mount-kilimanjaro-/
The Michael Berry Show, 740 AM - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-the-michael-berry-show-27764850/episode/the-truly-inspirational-story-of-tom-111168843/
The Houston Chronicle - https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/article/mount-kilimanjaro-kidney-liver-donor-17869137.php