Elisabeth Larsson

Elisabeth Larsson, now retired in Los Angeles, is a native of Sweden. She migrated to the United States in 1920, where she continued her education, graduating from Broadview Academy and College. She holds the M.D. degree from Loma Linda University and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Obstetrics and Cynecology. She taught on the faculty of Loma Linda University from 1935-1963, at which time she became emeritus clinical professor. In 1961 she was accorded the Honored Alumna Award by the School of Medicine Alumni Association and received the Woman of the Year award from the Swedish American Historical Foundation.