Alfred Gras Oral History Interview, September 23, 2005

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Summary

Creator:
Gras, Alfred
Abstract:
Alfred Gras (1920-2007) was a graduate of Duke University Medical School in 1944. He went into internal medical practice in Newark and Nutley, New Jersey; and Vermont. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on September 23, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry. Gras discusses his medical education and his experience of being the first student at Duke to receive penicillin.
Extent:
1 interview (2 cassette tapes, 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.GRASA

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Alfred Gras conducted on September 23, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry. Gras discusses his medical education and his experience of being the first student at Duke to receive penicillin.

Biographical / historical:

Alfred Gras was born on May 27, 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Norman Scott Brien Gras and Ethel Gertrude Culbert. He attended Duke University Medical School, graduating in 1944.Gras was the twenty-third reported case in the New England Journal of Medicine as a recipient of penicillin, an event which occurred when he was a student at Duke University Medical School. He served as a naval doctor during World War II and the Korean War.
Following his medical training, Gras went into internal medical practice in Newark and Nutley, New Jersey and Vermont.
He married Jean Simonds in 1942. Gras died on January 29, 2007 in South Hero, Vermont.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2005.083 (acquired, September 2005)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: May 2006; encoded by Jessica Roseberry: June 2006; revised by Dawne Howard Lucas, June 2007

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, September 23, 2005.
Physical location:
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Personal Name(s):
Gras, Alfred, 1920-2007
Corporate Name(s):
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine
Topical Term(s):
Penicillins.
Students, Medical.
Education, Medical.
History of Medicine.

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Alfred Gras Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.