Kiel, Frank and Ruth 2017-10-26
This interview features Frank and Ruth Kiel as they discuss Frank’s service as a military pathologist. The two describe what they did after Frank retired from the military, and all the traveling they have done over the years.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Frank and Ruth Kiel
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: October 26, 2017
Location: Comfort, Texas
Interviewer: David Marshall
Length: 01:20:27 (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Abstract
Returning from Germany, working for Health Services Command; Time spent in the army; later practicing medicine and law; Leaving private practice; serving in Saudi Arabia; Other major medical issues he encountered; Moving to Comfort, Texas; involvement with Pathologists Overseas; Training in Madagascar; Ruth volunteering at the Comfort Public Library; Ruth growing up as a preacher’s kid, museums
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace https://hdl.handle.net/10605/361856
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