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David VanderWall, '68
After four years of military service with the United States Navy
David VanderWall, ’68 came to Grand Valley State University where he
earned his B.A in biology. He continued to medical school at Michigan
State University where he held various teaching and research positions
including fellowships in plastic surgery and acute burn care.
VanderWall was selected as Outstanding Medical Student Research Fellow
from the Michigan Heart Association before graduating in 1972.
Starting as an intern, VanderWall would complete his residency
in general surgery at Butterworth and Blodgett Memorial Medical
Center. He has since published and presented several papers during his
career.
In addition to being on staff at Butterworth
Hospital, Blodgett Memorial Center, St. Mary’s Hospital, and Mary Free
Bed Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, VanderWall also had a private
practice in downtown Grand Rapids. He served as a Trustee for the
Grand Valley Colleges Foundation and as a member to the American
Medical Association, the Kent Medical Society, and the Michigan State
Medical Society.
He currently enjoys retirement with wife,
Sharon in Grand Haven.
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