Background
Wangenstein, Owen H. was born on September 21, 1898 in Lake Park, Minnesota, United States. Son of Owen and Hannah (Hanson) Wangenstein.
Wangenstein, Owen H. was born on September 21, 1898 in Lake Park, Minnesota, United States. Son of Owen and Hannah (Hanson) Wangenstein.
Bachelor of Arts Minnesota, 1919. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1922. Doctor of Philosophy in Surgery, University Minnesota, 1925.
Doctor of Laws, University Buffalo, 1946. Doctor of Science, University Chicago, 1956. Doctor of Science, St. Olaf College, 1958.
Doctor of Science, Temple University, 1961. Doctor of Science, Hamline University, 1963. Doctor of Science, Marquette University, 1970.
Doctor of Science, University Athens, 1978. Doctor (honorary), University Paris, Sorbonne, 1962.
Fellow in medicine University Minnesota, 1923. Fellow in surgery Mayo Clinic, 1924. Resident surgeon University Hospital, 1925.
Faculty surgeon University Minnesota, 1926-1967, professor emeritus, 1967-1981, Distinguished service professor, 1960, Regents professor, 1966, director department, 1930-1967. Assistant professor F. de Quervain's Surgical Clinic and Physiological Institute Professor Leon Asher, Berne, Switzerland, 1927-1928. Board directors American Cancer Society.
Member O.S.R.D., 1940-1945. Member committee on Research and Development United States Public Health Service, 1940-1945. Member committee on growth National Research Council, 1947-1949.
Chairman gastric cancer committee, 1948-1951. Member surgery study section, 1949-1953. Member heart council, 1953-1957.
Consultant to surgeon general, 1956. Member council research facility division, 1957-1960. Chairman surgery study section National Institutes of Health, 1952-1953.
Member planning committee AAMC, 1958. President Minnesota Medical Foundation, 1948-1954.
Served as private S.A.T.C., World War I. Fellow Royal College Surgeons England (honorary), Hellenic Surgical Society Athens (honorary), Australian Computer Society (president 1959-1960). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association (Distinguished Service award 1968), American Surgical Association (president 1969), Minnesota Academy Medicine (president 1953), International (president American chapter 1969-1972, vice president, delegate international chapter 1971-1973), Minnesota, Minneapolis, Argentine (honorary), Halsted Surgical Societies (president 1957-1959), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society Experimental Pathology, American Association Thoracic Surgery, Minnesota Pathological Society, French Academy Surgery Norwegian (honorary), National Academy of Sciences, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh (honorary), German Surgical Congress (honorary), Royal College Surgeons Ireland (honorary), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Helen Griffin, January 6, 1923. Children: Mary Helen Brink, Owen Griffin, Stephen Lightner. Married Sarah Anne Davidson, September 16, 1954.