Background
Hansen, Sigvard Theodore was born on November 30, 1935 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Sigvard Theodore and Beverly Esther (Means) Hansen.
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Sigvard Theodore Hansen
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Bachelor cum laude, Whitman College, 1957, Doctor of Science(honorary) 1997. Doctor of Medicine, U.
Career
Intern, King County Hospital, Seattle, 1961-1962. Resident in surgery U. Washington, Seattle, 1965-1969, assistant professor orthopedic surgery 1971-1975, associate professor, 1975-1979, professor, since 1979, department chairman, 1981-1985. Board overseers Whitman College, 1985-1997.
With United States Navy, 1962-1965.
National Institutes of Health summer research fellow, 1957-1958. Honoree, chair Sig T. Hansen Junior Endowed Chair in Orthopaedics Traumatology Research U. Washington.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Academy Orthopaedics Surgery, American Orthopaedics Association, Association Bone and Joint Surgeons, Western Orthopaedics Association, American Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Society, Association for the Study of Internal Fixation-North. American Foundation (president 1986-1992), Association for Study Internal Fixation (board directors 1984-1996, honorary board directors life 1996), Mechanical Engineering Mueller Foundation (board directors 1986), Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Mary Jane Weinmann, August 20, 1960. Married Dalia Maria Nalis, September 19, 1987. Children: Christopher Michael, Eric Theodore.
