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American writer and surgeon (–)

Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. (February 1, – November 4, ) was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker.

Hornberger's best-known work is his novel MASH (), based on his experiences as a wartime United States Armysurgeon during the Korean War (–) and written in collaboration with W.C. Heinz.

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Hiester Richard Hornberger was born February 1, in Trenton, New Jersey.

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A native of Portland, Maine, H. Richard Hornbergerserved during the Korean War with the th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

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It was used as the basis for an award-winning, critically and commercially successful movie – M*A*S*H () — and two years later in an acclaimed long running television series (–) of the same title.

Early life and education

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Hornberger attended the Peddie School in Hightstown.^[1] He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine,^[2] where he was an active member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

He went to Cornell Medical School in New York City.

Military experience

After graduating from medical school, he was drafted into the Korean Wa