Judith Frances Shank

Background

Shank, Judith Frances was born on December 26, 1942 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Elvin Dean and Eula Frances (Tilton) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Iowa, 1965; Master of Science, Boston University, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1982.

Career

Staff nurse, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1965; supervisor evenings, Greene County Hospital, Jefferson, Iowa., 1966; from instructor to assistant professor, Boston University, 1968-1971; chemical dependency counselor, Pharmaceutical House, Minneapolis, 1974-1975; intern, St. Paul Ramsey Hospital, 1982-1983; resident physician, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1983-1986; private practice, Plymouth, Minnesota, since 1987.

Achievements

• Judith Frances Shank has been listed as a noteworthy nurse, dermatologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vestrywoman St. Martin's By Lake, Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota, l986-89, Fellow American Academy Dermatology. Member American Medical Association, MELD (board directors), Minnesota Medical Association (representative interspecialty county), Hennepin County Medical Association, Minnesota Dermatological Society (advisory county representative 1986-1989, president 1991), Midwest Congress Dermatological Socs. (representative 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, music, swimming.

Connections

Married Stephen George Shank, July 17, 1966. Children: Susan Frances, Mary Lillian.

Father:

Elvin Dean Thompson

Mother:

Eula Frances (Tilton) Thompson

Spouse:

Stephen George Shank

child:

Susan Frances Shank

child:

Mary Lillian Shank