Leif Bertram Johannessen

Background

Johannessen, Leif Bertram was born on August 25, 1925 in Oslo. Came to the United States, 1945. Son of Jens W. and Bernthine (Aspevold) Johannessen.

Education

Examen Artium in Psychology, Hegdehaugen College, Oslo, 1944. Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Tufts University, 1949.

Career

Director dental health, Norway Public Health Svc., Tromsdalen, Norway, 1949-1950; intern, Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, 1951-1952; Lieutenant, Norwegian Dental Svc., Norway Royal Navy, Horten, Norway, 1950-1951; visiting pedodontist, Perkins School for Blind, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1952-1960; private practice orthdontist, psychotherapist, Needham, Massachusetts, 1952-1980; research associate, Harvard University School Dental Medicine, Boston, 1957-1960; private practice orthdontist, psychotherapist, Wakefield, N.H., since 1983.

Achievements

• Leif Bertram Johannessen has been listed as a noteworthy Orthodontist, psychotherapist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chief fundraiser New England Lutheran Church, 1965, Boy Scouts American, Needham, Massachusetts, 1964. Captain United States Public Health Service Dental Corps, 1953-1955, Korea. Member American Dental Association, Norumbega Lodge Sons of Norway (charter), Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: organ playing, choir singing, farming organic vegetables, raising Suffolk sheep.

Connections

Married Berit Hem, March 27, 1947. Children: Erik B., Lars, Nils H., Ingrid K., Sigrid L.

Father:

Jens W. Johannessen

Mother:

Bernthine (Aspevold) Johannessen

Spouse:

Berit Hem

child:

Nils H. Johannessen

child:

Erik B. Johannessen

child:

Sigrid L. Johannessen

child:

Ingrid K. Johannessen

child:

Lars Johannessen