Background
Kvale, Walter Frederick was born on July 30, 1907 in Orfordsville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of O.J. and Ida T. (Simley) Kvale.
Kvale, Walter Frederick was born on July 30, 1907 in Orfordsville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of O.J. and Ida T. (Simley) Kvale.
Student Saint Olaf College, 1926-1928. Bachelor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1929, Doctor of Medicine Master of Science in Medicine, University of Minnesota.
Intern Ancker Hospital, Saint Paul, 1933-1934. Fellow medical Mayo Foundation, 1934-1936, 38. Attending physician Fort Peck (Montana) Hospital, 1936-1937.
Member of staff Mayo Clinic.
Professor medicine University of Minnesota.
Member of staff Mayo Clinic. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Mary Loretta Lawler, February 14, 1939. Children: Tonette, Jay, Christopher, Katherine, Kevin, Michael.