Background
Whelan, Joseph L. was born on August 13, 1917 in Chisholm, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Gorman and Johanna (Quilty) Whelan.
Whelan, Joseph L. was born on August 13, 1917 in Chisholm, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Gorman and Johanna (Quilty) Whelan.
Student, Hibbing Junior College, 1935-1938; Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1940; Bachelor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1942; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1943.
Intern, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 1942-1943;
fellow neurology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 1946-1947;
resident neurology, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1947-1949;
chief neurology service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Minneapolis, 1949;
special fellow electroencephalography, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1951;
practice medicine specializing in neurology, Detroit, 1949-1973;
practice medicine specializing in neurology, Petoskey and Gaylord, Michigan, 1973-1987;
assistant professor, Wayne State University, 1957-1963. Chief neurology services Grace Hospital, St. John's Hospital, Bon Secour Hospital, Detroit. Consultant neurologist Northern Michigan Hospitals, Charlevoix Area Hospital;instructor Medical School University of Minnesota, 1949.
Consultant United States Public Health Service, Detroit Board Education.
Founder, member ad hoc Committee to Force Lawyers Out of Government. Fellow American Academy Neurology (treasurer 1955-1957), American Electroencephalography Society. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Research Nervous and Mental Diseases, Society Clinical Neurologists, Michigan Neurological Association (secretary-treasurer 1967-1976, Distinguished Physician award 1988), Michigan Medical Society, Northern Michigan Medical Society, Grosse Pointe (Michigan) Club.
Married Gloria Ann Rewoldt, June 12, 1948. Children: Joe, Jennifer.