Outstanding Young Alumni

Jeffrey M. Jentzen
B.S. 1975
Conferred 1988 (updated June 2004)

Jeff is the chief medical examiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. When first appointed, he was the youngest medical examiner of a jurisdiction of that size in the nation. In addition, he is a professor of pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

After graduating from Michigan Tech, he earned his M.D. from Wayne State University. He completed an internship at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, and a pathology residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, where he also served as assistant medical examiner.

Jeff has written and presented in his field, belongs to a number of professional societies, and is active in the United Way and in his church.