R. Wynn Kearney, Jr., M.D.

Director

• Compensation Committee Member
  
• Audit Committee Member
  

R. Wynn Kearney, Jr., M.D., has been a director of the company since September 1989. He is the senior partner of The Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic, P.A., a medical group with locations in southern Minnesota. He has been a member of the group since 1972. He received his Bachelor of Science and Medical Doctorate through the honors program at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed an orthopaedic surgery postgraduate residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. and was a member of the team that implanted the first total knee replacement in the United States in 1970. He is also an assistant clinical professor of the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Kearney has served as president of the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society, the Southern Minnesota Medical Association and the Orthopaedic Practice Society. He recently completed a term as president of the Foundation Board of Minnesota State University, Mankato. Kearney is a member of the board of directors of Hickory Tech Corporation and is a minority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves professional basketball team.