Washington University School of Medicine Oral Histories

The Washington University School of Medicine Oral Histories is an ongoing series of recorded interviews and transcripts dating from 1959. The project was envisioned to capture and preserve first person accounts and reflections on the history of the medical school, medical practice in St. Louis, and developments in the field of medicine. Interview subjects include faculty, staff and alumni of the School of Medicine, as well as family members, friends and others associated with Washington University

The Oral Histories provide an important tool in documenting the history of the Washington University School of Medicine. These audio interviews and transcripts are preserved in the Archives department of the Bernard Becker Medical Library. They supplement the institutional records, manuscript and visual collections, and artifacts relating to the history of the Washington University School of Medicine and its affiliated institutions.

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Lawrence I. Kahn Oral History

Lawrence I. Kahn

Lawrence I. Kahn was interviewed by James Carter and William M. Geideman on July 23, 1990, for approximately 35 minutes. Kahn discusses his memories of working with Dr. Park White and his recollections of the segregated ward for Black patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Michael M. Karl Oral History

Michael M. Karl

Michael M. Karl was interviewed by James Carter and William M. Geideman on July 24, 1990, for approximately 11 minutes. Karl discusses the ways in which hospitals were segregated in St. Louis when he first came to the city in the 1930s, and how the desegregation of Barnes Hospital came about.
Elliot Krane Oral History

Elliot Krane

Elliot Krane was interviewed by Brian Sisk on November 13, 2019 for approximately one hour and 3 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
William M. Landau Oral History

William M. Landau

William M. Landau was interviewed by Edwin W. McCleskey and William M. Geideman on June 15, 1990, for approximately 67 minutes. Landau discusses his experience as a child who grew up in the highly segregated city of St. Louis. He also recalls his experience with the desegregation of the medical center.
Robert Lee Oral History

Robert Lee

Robert Lee was interviewed by Edwin W. McCleskey and William M. Geidement on June 12, 1990, for approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes. Lee discusses his work as Assistant Dean for Minority Student Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine and his efforts to increase recruitment, admission, and retention of Black students and students from other minority groups.
Marcia Levetown Oral History

Marcia Levetown

Marcia Levetown was interviewed by Brian Sisk on April 17, 2019 for approximately 52 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Stephen Liben Oral History

Stephen Liben

Stephen Liben was interviewed by Brian Sisk on June 20, 2019 for approximately 49 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Blyth Lord Oral History

Blyth Lord

Blyth Lord was interviewed by Brian Sisk on July 11, 2019 for approximately one hour and 16 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Joan Marston Oral History

Joan Marston

Joan Marston was interviewed by Brian Sisk on May 7, 2019 for approximately one hour and 2 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Ida Martinson Oral History

Ida Martinson

Ida Martinson was interviewed by Brian Sisk on May 14, 2019 for approximately one hour and 3 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Julian C. Mosley, Jr. Oral History

Julian C. Mosley Jr.

Julian C. Mosley was interviewed by James Cater and William Geideman on July 6, 1990, for approximately 57 minutes. Mosley discusses his experience as a Black medical student at Washington University in the 1960s and recruitment strategies and programs for minority students.
Balfour Mount Oral History

Balfour Mount

Balfour Mount was interviewed by Brian Sisk on August 1, 2019 for approximately one hour and 11 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Stacy Orloff Oral History

Stacey Orloff

Stacy Orloff was interviewed by Brian Sisk on June 27, 2019 for approximately one hour for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Danai Papadatou Oral History

Danai Papadatou

Danai Papadatou was interviewed by Brian Sisk on June 25, 2019 for approximately one hour and 11 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Stacy Remke Oral History

Stacy Remke

Stacy Remke was interviewed by Brian Sisk on December 10, 2019 for approximately 55 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Paul N. Saunders Oral History

Paul N. Saunders

Paul N. Saunders was interviewed by Edwin W. McCleskey and William M. Geideman on June 12, 1990, for approximately 64 minutes. Saunders discusses a lawsuit filed against Barnes Hospital in 1978 for civil rights violations and other hospital policies and procedures which create informal segregation.
Neil Schechter Oral History

Neil Schechter

Neil Schechter was interviewed by Brian Sisk on June 28, 2019 for approximately one hour and 30 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Donald Schumacher Oral History

Donald Schumacher

Donald Schumacher was interviewed by Brian Sisk on July 12, 2019 for approximately 53 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Barbara Sourkes Oral History

Barbara Sourkes

Barbara Sourkes was interviewed by Brian Sisk on July 19, 2019 for approximately one hour and 17 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Eric Stephanson Oral History

Eric Stephanson

Eric Stephanson was interviewed by Brian Sisk on December 13, 2019 for approximately one hour and 5 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
Howard Phillip Venable Oral History

Howard Phillip Venable

Howard Phillip Veneable was interviewed by Edwin W. McCleskey and William M. Geideman on July 14, 1990, for approximately 1 hour and 16 minutes. Venable discusses his experience at Homer G. Phillips Hospital, the desegregation of hospitals in St. Louis, his work with students, and his experience with housing discrimination.
Gary Walco Oral History

Gary Walco

Gary Walco was interviewed by Brian Sisk on August 24, 2019 for approximately 48 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.
James M. Whittico Oral History

James M. Whittico

James M. Whittico was interviewed by Edwin W. McCleskey on July 25, 1990, for approximately 90 minutes.
Joanne Wolfe Oral History

Joanne Wolfe

Joanne Wolfe was interviewed by Brian Sisk on September 20, 2019 for approximately 55 minutes for the Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project.