In 2021, Dr. Greg Glavan celebrates thirty years in dentistry. He started his own practice and opened Crow River Dental in January 2012. It was his dream come truea dream that started when he was young and was awed by all the instruments his childhood dentist used.
Dr. Glavan graduated from the University of Minnesota with a major in biochemistry and a concentration in chemistry. He attended the University of Minnesotas School of Dentistry and worked in product development for the 3M Medical Products Division, where he became an expert in biological monitoring and infection control. He later consulted for 3Ms Dental Products Division and gave infection control presentations at dental conventions nationwide. In 2019, he was voted Best of DelanoDentists by the readers of the Delano Herald Journal.
In addition to his role as a Minnesota-licensed fireworks display operator, Dr. Glavan serves on the board of directors for Northern Lighter Pyrotechnics (NLP) an organization that puts on fireworks displays, including the Delano Fourth of July. He is NLPs parliamentarian and media committee chair and is frequently interviewed by local media regarding pyrotechnics and fireworks safety.
An avid historian, Dr. Glavan is a member of the Iron Range Historical Society (with past stints on both the board of directors and executive board), the Cuyuna Iron Range Heritage Network, the Washington County Historical Society of Minnesota, and the Gale Family Library of the Minnesota Historical Society. He is an editor for Wikipedia and is the principal author of Wikipedias articles on the Minnesota ghost towns of Elcor and Manganese.
Dr. Glavan is a contributing member, sustaining member, and sponsor of the Lake Superior Railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota, and is currently working on achieving his conductors license for the North Shore Scenic Railway.
He is also a sponsor of the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Trails Crew, having been involved with the Crew since they began. His favorite event is the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series 45NRTH Whiteout, where past sponsorship has earned him the title: The Official Dentist to the Cuyuna Lakes Yeti.
Dr. Glavan is married and has two grown daughters and two grandchildren. He grew up in White Bear Lake and has deep family ties to the Iron Range. He has a miniature schnauzer, Ranger, and in his spare time enjoys reading, fishing, cooking, wine, collecting coins and antique Christmas ornaments, astronomy, music, and the Sonoran desert.