William Andrew Bunten

Background

Bunten, William Andrew was born on August 22, 1896 in Pawnee City, Nebraska, United States. Son of William Muir and Mary M. (Milligan) Bunten.

Education

Student Grinnell College, 1916-1918. Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, 1920, Doctor of Medicine 1922. Fellow surgery Mayo Clinic, 1927-1929.

Career

Intern University Hospital, Omaha, 1922-1923, house surgedn, 1922. General practice, Worland, Wyoming, 1923-1927. Chief subdivision neurosurgery Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1929-1930.

Consultant neurosurgery Providence and Woman’s Hospital, Detroit, 1929-1930.

Proprietor Bunten Clinic, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1932-1958. President staff Memorial Hospital, Cheyenne, 1943.

Surgeon United Presbyterian Railroad, 1938-1948, district surgeon Employees Hospital Association, 1948-1973. Chief staff DePaul Hospital, Cheyenne, 1962, chief surgery, 1959-1961, member Executive Committee, 1956-1966.

Achievements

• William Andrew Bunten has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member medical advisory board Wyoming Selective Service System, 1940-1945. Fellow International College Surgeons (regent for Wyoming), American Medical Association (delegate 1952-1956, president conference presidents, 1952, board directors grass roots conference 1947-1952. Member American, Western associations railway surgeons, World Medical Association (Chairman Wyoming), Phi Rho Sigma Presbyterian (elder).

Connections

Married Elsa Louise Boesel, July 17, 1923. Children: John A., William Andrew.

Father:

William Muir Bunten

Mother:

Mary M. (Milligan) Bunten

Spouse:

Elsa Louise Boesel

child:

John A. Bunten

child:

William Andrew Bunten