Background
Gundersen, Gunnar was born on April 6, 1897 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Adolf and Helga (Isaksaetre) Gundersen.
Gundersen, Gunnar was born on April 6, 1897 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Adolf and Helga (Isaksaetre) Gundersen.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1917. Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1920.
Hospital, 1920-1922; practicing physician, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, since 1920. Member, co-founder Gundersen Clinic, LaCrosse, 1927. Member board directors LaCrosse Community Trust, from 1942.
Chairman distribution committee, from 1959.
President Wisconsin State Board Health, 1943-1949. Regent University of Wisconsin, 1931-1937.
Diplomate American Board Surgery.
Member, co-founder Gundersen Clinic, LaCrosse, 1927. Member board directors LaCrosse Community Trust, from 1942. American College of Surgeons fellow, International College Surgeons.
Member of the American Medical Association (board of trustees, from 1948, chairman, 1955-1958, president 1958-1959), World Medical Association (member of council, from 1953), Wisconsin State Medical Society (president 1940-1941).
Married Mary Baldwin, June 23, 1923. Children: Gunnar A., Mary (Mistress F. M. Bugge), Cameron B. Intern, LaCrosse Lutheran.