Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bruce Brandell, Anatomy.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Bruce R. Brandell Sr. was born in Detroit in 1926 and spent his early years in Dearborn, Michigan. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1945; upon his return in 1947 he joined the ROTC at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Brandell finished his BSc and MSc in Zoology and started his course work towards his PhD. Dr. Brandell spent several summers as an employee of the National Park Service in the western United States and discovered his love for mountain climbing. Because of his enrolment with the ROTC he was recalled back into the United States Army in September 1952 and served another 2 years as an officer. Upon Dr. Brandell's release from the service, he returned to the University of Michigan and finished his PhD in Zoology. He taught in the Department of Biology at the University of Akron (Ohio) and in the Department of Anatomy at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, before coming to the College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, University of Saskatchewan, where he taught for 29 years. In retirement Dr. Brandell continued to teach anatomy to medical, physical education, physical therapy, and mortician students. Dr. Brandell died in 2010 in Saskatoon.