Background
Paulson, Donald Lowell was born on September 14, 1912 in St. Paul. Son of Joseph Bernard and Martha (Sornsen) Paulson.
Paulson, Donald Lowell was born on September 14, 1912 in St. Paul. Son of Joseph Bernard and Martha (Sornsen) Paulson.
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1936. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1937.
Doctor of Philosophy in Surgery, University Minnesota, 1942.
Intern Minneapolis General Hospital and University Minnesota General Hospital, 1935-1936. Fellow anatomy University Minnesota, 1936-1937. Fellow surgery Mayo Foundation, 1937-1940.
Assistant surgery Mayo Clinic, 1940-1942. Private practice thoracic surgery Dallas, since 1946. Chief section thoracic surgery Baylor University Medical Center, 1962-1977.
Senior consultant Parkland Memorial Hospital, since 1962. Consultant Children's Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital. Faculty University Texas Southwestern Medical School, since 1946, clinical professor thoracic surgery, since 1962.
Visiting professor thoracic surgery at various universities.
Served to lieutenant colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association, Texas Surgical Society, Southern Surgical Association. Member American Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1981), Southern Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1956), Society Thoracic Surgeons (president 1967), American College Chest Physicians, Samson Thoracic Surgical Society, Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Margaret Elizabeth Willius, March 16, 1938. Children– Mary Willius Paulson Cordonnier (deceased), Margaret Elizabeth Paulson Maxson, Julie Paulson Herbst.