Louis H. Weiland, MD, 88, of Rochester, Minnesota died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Campus.
Louis was born at home in 1933, a farm boy in rural Ethan, South Dakota, the youngest of seven children.
Beginning with farming and serving in the US Army during the Korean War, Louis would experience a lifetime of careers.
As he so fondly explained, one day while plowing a field he asked himself "Would I rather be a farmer wishing I were a doctor, or a doctor wishing I were a farmer?" Both wishes would come true.
Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Iowa began his transformation from a lad of the soil to a physical therapist. Instead, he became Chief Physical Therapist at St. Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Minnesota. As he told it, one day he thought to himself "I know as much as the doctors I work with, why not become a doctor?"
Louis became a Doctor of Medicine at Marquette School of Medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and interned at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1965 he began his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He received board certification and was invited to join the Mayo Clinic Pathology Staff. The Mayo Pathology Department of the 1970's was a unique blend of world class physicians, led by Malcolm Dockerty, Dave Dahlin and Lewis Woolner, who shared time outside the laboratory. Many weekends were spent planting trees at the Izaak Walton League farm, hunting pheasants in South Dakota, and canoeing the Boundary Waters. This camaraderie strengthened the cooperation and respect within the department, created a foundation which launched Louis' medical career, and instilled a strong conservation ethic in his family.
He became known worldwide not only through the 200+ clinical papers he authored or co-authored, but also through consultation cases sent to him from pathologists around the world. When Mayo Clinic opened their Scottsdale, Arizona facility, Louis became Head of Section, Consultant in Surgical Pathology and hired an excellent team of pathologists. He gave many lectures around the world, always beginning with a funny story, sometimes to laughs, sometimes to groans. Louis loved the Mayo Clinic, especially the collaborative, collegial nature of its earlier days, and stayed connected to the Pathology Department through his good friend and colleague Gary Keeney.
During his years of study and as a doctor, Louis and his first wife Lillian welcomed the four loves of his life.
After retirement from Mayo Clinic, Louis enjoyed his next job working with his friend, pathologist Jack Uecker in Minneapolis.
Now back to farming. Louis bought the fifth love of his life, his John Deere tractor. Many happy years were spent on that machine.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, and his sisters and brothers.
Louis was born at home in 1933, a farm boy in rural Ethan, South Dakota, the youngest of seven children.
Beginning with farming and serving in the US Army during the Korean War, Louis would experience a lifetime of careers.
As he so fondly explained, one day while plowing a field he asked himself "Would I rather be a farmer wishing I were a doctor, or a doctor wishing I were a farmer?" Both wishes would come true.
Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Iowa began his transformation from a lad of the soil to a physical therapist. Instead, he became Chief Physical Therapist at St. Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Minnesota. As he told it, one day he thought to himself "I know as much as the doctors I work with, why not become a doctor?"
Louis became a Doctor of Medicine at Marquette School of Medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and interned at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1965 he began his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He received board certification and was invited to join the Mayo Clinic Pathology Staff. The Mayo Pathology Department of the 1970's was a unique blend of world class physicians, led by Malcolm Dockerty, Dave Dahlin and Lewis Woolner, who shared time outside the laboratory. Many weekends were spent planting trees at the Izaak Walton League farm, hunting pheasants in South Dakota, and canoeing the Boundary Waters. This camaraderie strengthened the cooperation and respect within the department, created a foundation which launched Louis' medical career, and instilled a strong conservation ethic in his family.
He became known worldwide not only through the 200+ clinical papers he authored or co-authored, but also through consultation cases sent to him from pathologists around the world. When Mayo Clinic opened their Scottsdale, Arizona facility, Louis became Head of Section, Consultant in Surgical Pathology and hired an excellent team of pathologists. He gave many lectures around the world, always beginning with a funny story, sometimes to laughs, sometimes to groans. Louis loved the Mayo Clinic, especially the collaborative, collegial nature of its earlier days, and stayed connected to the Pathology Department through his good friend and colleague Gary Keeney.
During his years of study and as a doctor, Louis and his first wife Lillian welcomed the four loves of his life.
After retirement from Mayo Clinic, Louis enjoyed his next job working with his friend, pathologist Jack Uecker in Minneapolis.
Now back to farming. Louis bought the fifth love of his life, his John Deere tractor. Many happy years were spent on that machine.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, and his sisters and brothers.
Louis H. Weiland, MD, 88, of Rochester, Minnesota died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Campus.
Louis was born at home in 1933, a farm boy in rural Ethan, South Dakota, the youngest of seven children.
Beginning with farming and serving in the US Army during the Korean War, Louis would experience a lifetime of careers.
As he so fondly explained, one day while plowing a field he asked himself "Would I rather be a farmer wishing I were a doctor, or a doctor wishing I were a farmer?" Both wishes would come true.
Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Iowa began his transformation from a lad of the soil to a physical therapist. Instead, he became Chief Physical Therapist at St. Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Minnesota. As he told it, one day he thought to himself "I know as much as the doctors I work with, why not become a doctor?"
Louis became a Doctor of Medicine at Marquette School of Medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and interned at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1965 he began his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He received board certification and was invited to join the Mayo Clinic Pathology Staff. The Mayo Pathology Department of the 1970's was a unique blend of world class physicians, led by Malcolm Dockerty, Dave Dahlin and Lewis Woolner, who shared time outside the laboratory. Many weekends were spent planting trees at the Izaak Walton League farm, hunting pheasants in South Dakota, and canoeing the Boundary Waters. This camaraderie strengthened the cooperation and respect within the department, created a foundation which launched Louis' medical career, and instilled a strong conservation ethic in his family.
He became known worldwide not only through the 200+ clinical papers he authored or co-authored, but also through consultation cases sent to him from pathologists around the world. When Mayo Clinic opened their Scottsdale, Arizona facility, Louis became Head of Section, Consultant in Surgical Pathology and hired an excellent team of pathologists. He gave many lectures around the world, always beginning with a funny story, sometimes to laughs, sometimes to groans. Louis loved the Mayo Clinic, especially the collaborative, collegial nature of its earlier days, and stayed connected to the Pathology Department through his good friend and colleague Gary Keeney.
During his years of study and as a doctor, Louis and his first wife Lillian welcomed the four loves of his life.
After retirement from Mayo Clinic, Louis enjoyed his next job working with his friend, pathologist Jack Uecker in Minneapolis.
Now back to farming. Louis bought the fifth love of his life, his John Deere tractor. Many happy years were spent on that machine.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, and his sisters and brothers.
Louis was born at home in 1933, a farm boy in rural Ethan, South Dakota, the youngest of seven children.
Beginning with farming and serving in the US Army during the Korean War, Louis would experience a lifetime of careers.
As he so fondly explained, one day while plowing a field he asked himself "Would I rather be a farmer wishing I were a doctor, or a doctor wishing I were a farmer?" Both wishes would come true.
Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Iowa began his transformation from a lad of the soil to a physical therapist. Instead, he became Chief Physical Therapist at St. Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Minnesota. As he told it, one day he thought to himself "I know as much as the doctors I work with, why not become a doctor?"
Louis became a Doctor of Medicine at Marquette School of Medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and interned at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1965 he began his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He received board certification and was invited to join the Mayo Clinic Pathology Staff. The Mayo Pathology Department of the 1970's was a unique blend of world class physicians, led by Malcolm Dockerty, Dave Dahlin and Lewis Woolner, who shared time outside the laboratory. Many weekends were spent planting trees at the Izaak Walton League farm, hunting pheasants in South Dakota, and canoeing the Boundary Waters. This camaraderie strengthened the cooperation and respect within the department, created a foundation which launched Louis' medical career, and instilled a strong conservation ethic in his family.
He became known worldwide not only through the 200+ clinical papers he authored or co-authored, but also through consultation cases sent to him from pathologists around the world. When Mayo Clinic opened their Scottsdale, Arizona facility, Louis became Head of Section, Consultant in Surgical Pathology and hired an excellent team of pathologists. He gave many lectures around the world, always beginning with a funny story, sometimes to laughs, sometimes to groans. Louis loved the Mayo Clinic, especially the collaborative, collegial nature of its earlier days, and stayed connected to the Pathology Department through his good friend and colleague Gary Keeney.
During his years of study and as a doctor, Louis and his first wife Lillian welcomed the four loves of his life.
After retirement from Mayo Clinic, Louis enjoyed his next job working with his friend, pathologist Jack Uecker in Minneapolis.
Now back to farming. Louis bought the fifth love of his life, his John Deere tractor. Many happy years were spent on that machine.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father, and his sisters and brothers.
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