Background
Hansen, Erling W. was born on May 22, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Martin and Maren O. (Field) Hansen.
Hansen, Erling W. was born on May 22, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Martin and Maren O. (Field) Hansen.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1913, Doctor of Medicine 1915. Graduate work at New York City, Paris and Vienna.
Intern, University Hospital, Minneapolis, 1914-1915, graduate work and assistant, 1916-1917. Associate with Doctor Horace Newhart in private practice diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat, 1919-1944, also part time teacher, medical school, University of Minnesota. Work confined to ophthalmology from 1930.
Clinical professor opthalmology, head department ophthalmology, medical school University of Minnesota, 1944-1958, emeritus.
Served First lieutenant captain, Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1919. Fellow American College Surgeons (member board of governors). Member of the American Medical Association (chairman of the section on ophthalmology 1955), Minnesota Society for Prevention of Blindness, American (president 1956-1957), Minnesota academics of ophthalmology and otolaryngology, Hennepin County and Minnesota State medical associations, Minnesota and Minneapolis academics of medicine, American Opthmol.
Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Kappa Kappa, American Legion.
Clubs: Kiwanis, Athletic, Campus (Minneapolis).
Married Anna Ruth Eddy, June 4, 1924. Children: Gordon Eddy, Mary Elizabeth.