Dr. Loren Tschetter, a 2015 South Dakota Hall of Fame Inductee, began practicing internal medicine, hematology, and oncology in Sioux Falls in 1974 and went on to help bring national cancer research to South Dakota as a founding member of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group.

In this interview, 2021 Inductee Angela Kennecke sits down with Dr. Tschetter to talk about the mentors who guided him along the way, and why he believes caring for the whole person matters just as much as the science of medicine.

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• How a single question from his future wife, Jean, turned a young chemistry student toward a life in medicine

• The story behind South Dakota's first Institutional Review Board and the community research that helped change cancer treatment across the country

• Why Dr. Tschetter believes an oncologist must come to terms with his own mortality to truly care for his patients

Read more about Dr. Loren Tschetter's life and legacy: https://sdexcellence.org/Dr._Loren_Tschetter_2015

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Mary Olinger, a 2012 South Dakota Hall of Fame Inductee, spent nearly eighteen years as President and CEO of Make-A-Wish South Dakota, transforming the organization from a single-employee operation into one of the top Make-A-Wish chapters in the country. Raised as the oldest of nine children on a farm near Emery, South Dakota, Mary's path to leadership was built on hard work, humility, and a deep belief in the power of relationships.

In this interview, 2020 Inductee Jack Marsh sits down with Mary to talk about her unlikely rise from a dollar-and-a-quarter-an-hour job to the head of a national nonprofit, the twenty-year friendship with country music star Garth Brooks that began with a single wish, and the values her parents instilled in her that have guided her life ever since.

Watch to learn:

• How Mary grew Make-A-Wish South Dakota from $30,000 in the bank to one of the top five chapters in the nation
• The story of Kelsey, a South Dakota girl whose wish to meet Garth Brooks became a lifelong family friendship
• How a life-threatening car accident in 2004 tested Mary's resilience, and how she returned to granting wishes within a year

Read more about Mary Olinger's life and legacy: https://sdexcellence.org/Mary_Olinger_2012

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Dick Brown, a 2019 South Dakota Hall of Fame Inductee, has spent a lifetime carrying forward a family legacy of service that traces back to a Norwegian homestead built in South Dakota in 1873. From Washington, D.C. to the State Legislature to a lifelong commitment to South Dakota's parks and open spaces, his story is one of mentorship, partnership, and quiet obligation to community.

In this interview, 2020 Inductee Jack Marsh sits down with Dick to talk about the mentor who shaped his life's direction, the love story that began with a blind date, and what it means to be one of only three couples ever inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame together.

Watch to learn:

• How Dick's great-grandfather helped settle the Split Rock Creek homestead that inspired Ole Rolvaag's "Giants in the Earth"
• The story of Dr. William O. "Doc" Farber, the USD mentor who shaped Dick's career and introduced him to his wife, Sue
• How Dick and Sue's decades of public service helped build some of South Dakota's most treasured public spaces

Read more about Dick Brown's life and legacy: https://sdexcellence.org/Dick_Brown_2019

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