Background
Kalsem, Millie E. was born on December 12, 1896 in Huxley, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ole J. and Anna (Nelson ) K.
Kalsem, Millie E. was born on December 12, 1896 in Huxley, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ole J. and Anna (Nelson ) K.
Graduate University Illinois Medical School, 1935-1936.
Teacher home economics and physiology Monticello (Iowa) High School, 1921-1922. Hospital dietitian Beaver Valley General Hospital, New Brighton, Pennsylvania, 1923, Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, 1923-1927, Illinois Training School for Nurses and Cook County School Nursing, 1927-1938. Chief executive dietitian Cook County Hospital, 1938-1962.
Vice president, director, registered representative Lorraine L. Blair, Incorporated., investment broker, Chicago Board governors Iowa State University Foundation, 1977.
Selected by Carrie Chapman Catt as one of 100 Women, Women"s Centennial Congress, 1940. Recipient Alumni merit award, Iowa State College, 1946, alumni medal, 1956.
Member American (vice president 1946-1947), Illinois (organizer and 1st president), Chicago dietetic associations, Women"s Finance Forum American (research chairman 1954-1957, regional director since 1960), Art Institute Chicago (life), Order of Knoll, Omicron Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Omega. Club: Altrusa (president Chicago 1959-1961).