Ambrose Howell Storck was a surgeon. He graduated from Tulane Medical School in 1925 and performed his internship and residencies at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, 1926-1931. In the latter year he joined the Tulane faculty, started a private surgical practice, and continued his affiliation with Charity Hospital, along with other area hospitals. He was commissioned as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Reserve in 1940 and served in the Professional Service Division, Surgical Branch, Surgeon General's Office; as Consultant in General Surgery, Office of Chief Surgeon, European Theatre of Operations; and as Chief of Surgical Service, DeWitt General Hospital in Auburn, California. Following World War II, Dr. Storck served as Consultant in General Surgery for the Veterans Administration in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, 1946-1954. He was an active member of several local, national, and international professional organizations, as well as several New Orleans civic and social groups. Dr. Storck authored numerous articles in various medical journals.