Karen Norma Olness

Background

Olness, Karen Norma was born on August 28, 1936 in Rushford, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Norman Theodore and Karen Agnes (Gunderson) Olness.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1958; Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1961.

Career

Intern, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California resident, National Children's Hospital Medical Center, Washington assistant professor, George Washington University, Washington, 1970-1974; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1974-1987; professor pediatrics, family medicine and international health, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, since 1987.

Achievements

• Karen Norma Olness has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrics and international health educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Pediatrics, American Academy Family Physicians, American Society Clinical Hypnosis (president 1984-1986), Society Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (president 1991-1993). Member Society for Behavioral Pediatrics (president 1991-1992), Northwestern Pediatric Society (president 1977).

Connections

Married Hakon Daniel Torjesen, 1962.

Father:

Norman Theodore Olness

Mother:

Karen Agnes (Gunderson) Olness

Spouse:

Hakon Daniel Torjesen