Background

Telander, Robert Lawrence was born on November 14, 1934 in Minneapolis. Son of Lawrence Eugene and Hazel Elvera (Olson) Telander.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1959.

Career

Director surgery, Children's Health Care, St. Paul, since 1991; chief of surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota, 1990-1991; head, department surgery, Fargo Clinic - Meritcare, 1989-1991; head, section pediatr. surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1974-1989; partner, Pediat. Surgical Associations, Ltd., Minneapolis, 1969-1974, 91-.

Achievements

• Robert Lawrence Telander has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatric surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Humanitarian medical aid to Russia, Salt Team Ministries, Russia, 1994, aid to Vietnam, R.E.I. Vietnam, 1994. Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1966-1968, Vietnam. Fellow American College Surgeons.

Member Children's Cancer Group, American Academy Pediatrics, American Pediatric Surgical Association, American Medical Association, St. Paul Surgical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, hunting, rare book collecting.

Connections

Married Margaret Janet Colebank, July 20, 1957. Children: Thomas Paul, James Eric, Robert Jon, David Gregory.

Father:

Lawrence Eugene Telander

Mother:

Hazel Elvera (Olson) Telander

Spouse:

Margaret Janet Colebank

child:

Robert Jon Telander

child:

James Eric Telander

child:

David Gregory Telander

child:

Thomas Paul Telander