Wis. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon and a master's in hospital management from the University of Minnesota . His wife, Sharon, described him as compassionate and sensitive, with a sense of humor. Her fondest memory is of her husband's successful effort to build the Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks. So he chose a piece of land facing the Sierra Nevada mountains and overlooking the Truckee trails. He had large picture windows put in because he thought it would help the patients' healing process.
Services are pending.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Ronald McDonald House of Las Vegas, St. Joseph Husband of Mary Catholic Church or the David Brandsness Scholarship Fund at the University of Minnesota . Fill out our Online Readers' Poll Copyright 1997 Las Vegas Review-Journal.