William Jacott earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) and his M.D. in 1964 from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMTC). After working in private practice, Dr. Jacott became head of Family Medicine and…
Thomas Kando received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 1969. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the transsexual women who went through the University of Minnesota’s transsexual surgery program in the late 1960s….
Dr. Karen Karni earned her bachelor’s degree in medical technology at the University of Minnesota in 1963. After working, teaching, and earning her master’s degree elsewhere, she returned to the University as an instructor in the medical technology program in…
John Kersey received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1964 and completed residencies in pathology and pediatrics at the University. He subsequently joined the faculty of the Medical School in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, and…
Frederic Kottke attended the University of Minnesota for his undergraduate and graduate education, receiving his B.S. in 1939, his M.S. in 1941, his Ph.D. in Physiology with a minor in pathology in 1944, and his MD in 1945. He…
Thomas Kottke received his B.A. in anthropology in 1970 and his M.D. in 1974, both from the University of Minnesota. After completing a residency in internal medicine and a master’s in epidemiology, he returned to the University of Minnesota…
Dr. Martin (Marty) LaVenture earned a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology in 1976 at the University of Minnesota. In 1992, after many years of…
Elmer Learn served on the faculty of the University of Minnesota’s Department of Agricultural Economics from 1956 until 1969. In October 1964, President O. Meredith Wilson appointed Dr. Learn to chair the Committee for the Study of Physical Facilities for…
Dr. Seymour Levitt was recruited to the University of Minnesota as a professor in and head of the Department of Therapeutic Radiology in 1970 as well as chief of the Therapeutic Radiology Service. In 1997, an endowed chair in…
Katherine Lillehei received her nursing diploma in 1943 and her B.S. in Nursing in 1950 from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. After graduating, she worked as a nurse at University Hospital. She was married to the pioneering…