L. M. Hanson, D. D. S. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 39-40 in "History of Dakota 
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				L. M. HANSON, D. D. S. 

	Dr. L. M. Hanson is a successful young dental practitioner of De 
Smet, where he has followed his profession since 1910. His birth 
occurred in Howard, Miner county, South Dakota, on the 17th of 
February, 1890, his parents being E. M. and Cora B. Hanson, the former 
a homesteader of that county. The father of our subject subsequently 
became a banker and is now engaged in business as a dealer in farm 
implements, being widely recognized as one of the esteemed citizens and 
prosperous merchants of his community. 

	L. M. Hanson was educated in the graded and high schools of 
Howard, and in 1907 completed a course in the University of South 
Dakota at Vermillion. Having determined upon the practice of dentistry 
as a life work, he prepared for the profession as a student in the 
Northwestern University Dental School of Chicago, from which he was 
graduated in 1910. Thence he came direct to De Smet, South Dakota, 
where he has since remained and has been accorded an extensive and 
profitable practice. He has proven his skill and ability in the line of 
his chosen calling and has already won a creditable measure of success 
for one of his years. 

	Dr. Hanson gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party, while his religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. 
Fraternally he is identified with De Smet Lodge, No. 55, A. F. & A. M.; 
Huron Lodge, No. 444, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; 
and Howard Lodge, No. 1333, of the Modern Brotherhood of America. He 
finds recreation and pleasure in hunting and fishing, and is popular in 
social circles by reason of a pleasing and genial disposition. South 
Dakota numbers him among its enterprising and worthy native sons, and 
in the line of his profession he is making steady and commendable 
progress.