Reginald Harned Isele ’51

Harned was born Jan. 3, 1930, in New Brunswick, N.J., to Reginald and Mary Harned Isele.

At Princeton he majored in biology and was active in the Westminster Fellowship, Theatre Intime, and Prospect Club. He roomed with David Koth.

He and Joan Larson were married following his graduation from Cornell University Medical College in 1955. Harned served his internship and residencies at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and spent two years on active duty in the Air Force with the rank of captain.

In 1961 he joined the Austin Medical Clinic and he and his family moved to Austin, Minn., where they have lived ever since. Several years later the clinic joined the Mayo Medical System. Harned retired when he turned 70.

For all his life he was an opera lover, beginning with the early days when it was standing-room-only at the old Met on 39th Street, to the later years when he and Joan traveled across the United States and abroad.

Harned died of leukemia May 31, 2015, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home. He was predeceased by his brother, Dr. Peter Isele ’67. He is survived by his wife, Joan; their children, Frederick, Lisa Forsyth, Nadine Isele, and Kirsten Nelson; and eight grandchildren.