Dr. Robert F. Gilliland, 1946-1952- Dr. Gilliland earned his B.S. and B.A. degrees from the University of North Dakota and his M.D. from the University of Illinois. He was a regimental surgeon and commanding officer of the Medical Company assigned to the European theater during World War II. He received a promotion to Captain and was stationed at France and Germany. He was discharged in 1946.

He was a member of the organized reserve until 1949 when he accepted a North Dakota National Guard Commission as battalion surgeon. He was assigned as regimental surgeon in January 1951 when the 164th was recalled to active duty in Korea. In September 1952 he left Carrington to be associated with the Dickinson Clinic at Dickinson. Later he joined the staff of the Veteran's Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 224