Background
Krusen, Frank Hammond was born on June 26, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wilmer and Elizabeth Pearson (Gilbert) Krusen.
Krusen, Frank Hammond was born on June 26, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Wilmer and Elizabeth Pearson (Gilbert) Krusen.
Graduate William Penn Charter Preparatory School, 1915. Premedical student Jefferson Medical College 1915-1917, Doctor of Medicine 1921, Doctor of Laws, (honorary) 1966. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, 1962.
Intern, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, 1921-1924, assistant surgeon, 1925-1926. Assistant surgeon Philadelphia General Hospital, 1925-1928. Associate in medicine and director department physical medicine Temple University, 1929-1935.
Associate dean Temple Medical School, 1925-1935.
Head, section on physical medicine and rehabilitation Mayo Clinic, 1935-1958, senior consultant, 1958-1963. Vice president staff Mayo Clinic, 1957-1958.
Associate professor physical medicine and rehabilitation Mayo Foundation University of Minnesota, 1935-1941A, professor, 1941-1963, professor, emeritus, 1963-1973. President Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation, Incorporated.
Director Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, 1960-1963, professor, coordinator physical medicine and rehabilitation Temple University School Medicine and Hospital, Philadelphia, 1963-1968, professor emeritus, 1968-1973, director rehabilitation planning, 1965-1968, project director research and training center physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1964-1968.
Senior consultant physical medicine and rehabilitation Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, 1964-1968. Project director research and training center physical medicine and rehabilitation, professor physical medicine and rehabilitation Tufts U. School Medicine, 1968-1970. Chief consultant physical medicine Army surgeon general, 1946-1949, 51-68, Virginia, 1946-1949.
Served with South.A.T.C., World War I. Director. Member commission on rehabilitation American Heart Association, 1957-1958. Member Executive Committee, board directors Goodwill Industries, Incorporated., 1967-1973, vice president board directors, 1968-1969.
Trustee, National Institute on Rehabilitation and Health Services.
Fellow American College of Physicians, Royal Society Medicine (honorary). Member American Academy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (past president), American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (past president
Mason. Club: University (Rochester, Minnesota).
Married Margaret Louise Borland, May 28, 1921. Children: Joanne Elizabeth (Mistress Robert M. Hart), Janice Alison.