Background
Snelson, Roy was born on September 4, 1927 in Oklahoma City. Son of Albert B. and Mary (Johnson) Snelson.
Snelson, Roy was born on September 4, 1927 in Oklahoma City. Son of Albert B. and Mary (Johnson) Snelson.
Student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1947-1949.
Clinical instructor prosthetics, University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1950-1957;
chief prosthetic research, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital and University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1957-1967;
project director amputation fracture research, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital and University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, since 1967;
president, Orthopaedic Supplies Company Inc., Downey, California, 1957-1970;
president, Orthomedics Inc., Downey, 1970-1988;
president, Orthomedics Inc., Brea, California, 1979-1988;
president, Wings of Calvary, Brea, since 1988. Clinical instructor prosthetics U. Washington, Seattle, since 1976. Member committee prosthetic R & D, NAS.
Member Executive Committee Medical Engineering Center University of Southern California, since 1971. Secretary, director American Board for Certified in Orthotics and Prosthetics, 1975-1977, president, 1978.
With United States Army, 1945-1947. Member American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (president 1970-1971, Prosthetist of Year award 1951).
Married Bernadette Kowske, November 8, 1947 (divorced 1974). 1 child, Daniel B.; Married Vivian Conklin, October 9, 1976.