RT Journal
A1 Aust J
T1 O. h. wangensteen, md, phd
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1999
FD February 1
VO 134
IS 2
SP 221
OP 221
DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.2.221
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.2.221
AB 
DURING MY long association with Dr Wangensteen, one of his attributes that I most admired was his ability to negotiate on behalf of his trainees. His success was legendary. There were only 3 paid general surgery faculty slots in the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, his and 2 others, yet the faculty always numbered 8 to 10. The additional faculty were supported by soft money, through scholarships, grants, advanced fellowships, or medical school endowments. For example, he secured 13 Markle Scholars, 4 American Heart Association fellows, and 2 scholars of the American Cancer Society, all with 5-year faculty stipends. His support and negotiation through the years helped 38 of his faculty and former residents attain departmental chair status and 31 become division heads.