Lowell Mickelson, MD (BS Med ’70), 62, of Detroit Lakes, MN, died Feb. 11, 2009 at his residence.

A native of New Rockford, ND, he received his undergraduate and two years of medical education at UND and earned his medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He began his general practice of medicine on Rosebud Indian Reservation in Winner, SD.

In 1975 he began practicing emergency medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital (now MeritCare Hospital), Fargo; United Hospital (now Altru Hospital), Grand Forks, and Heartland Medical Center, Fargo. During his years of practice, he established Lakes Emergency Physicians, providing physician coverage for area emergency departments.