Noted: Nordby’s professional life was in orthopedic surgery. He and his classmates graduated a few months early from the UW-Madison Medical School so they could help in the war effort. Nordby spent his time doing surgery in Okinawa, Japan, and in what is now South Korea. When he returned to the States in 1947, he began practicing at Madison General Hospital and later partnered with Dr. H. Lewis Greene in a private orthopedic practice.