Background
Olson, Clitus Wilbur was born on October 20, 1916 in Omaha. Son of Enock and Nellie (Rotsten) Olson.
Olson, Clitus Wilbur was born on October 20, 1916 in Omaha. Son of Enock and Nellie (Rotsten) Olson.
Bachelor with distinction, University Nebraska, Omaha, 1939. Doctor of Medicine with distinction, University Nebraska, 1948.
Intern Jefferson Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948—1949. Resident Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, 1949—1950, Tropical Medicine, Institute Medicine Tropicale, Antwerp, Belgium, 1951. Missionary physician Evangelical Covenant Church, Republic of the Congo, 1951—1971.
Resident in surgery University Nebraska, 1959—1963. Dean medical school University Libre De Zaire, Kisangani, 1970—1971. Surgeon Veterans Administration Center, Hot Springs, South Dakota, 1971—1973.
Practice medicine specializing in surgery North-East Kansas Medical Center, Goodland, 1973—1975.
Fellow: American College of Surgeons. Member: American Medical Association, American Association Gynecological Laparoscopists, Kansas Medical Society, Kiwanis, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Dorothy Mae Nord Olson, March 20, 1948. Children: Paul, Eleanor, Barbara, Joan.