Dr. Jack Louis Nylund, BS Med ’64, passed away on August 12, 2011, while on vacation in Colorado. Jack was a devoted husband, loving father, friend, and caring physician who touched the lives of many. He was born May 23, 1941, in Tucson, Arizona, and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He attended the University of North Dakota, where he was an active intramural hockey player and member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
     He completed his medical degree at Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine. For his internship, he worked at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. While in New Orleans, he volunteer in the Army where he served in Vietnam as a captain of the 4th Infantry Division, a forward area clearing company. He returned to Ft. Sam Houston, where he served in the ER and burn unit.
     After being discharged, he completed his radiology residency at Parkland Hospital. Subsequently, he moved to California, where he met his wife Janet; they moved to Dallas soon thereafter. He practiced as a radiologist with White Rock Radiology in Dallas, Texas, for almost 30 years in the Medical Center of Mesquite and the Doctors Hospital.