Robert Cooke Kimbrough III, M.D., died November 24, 2010. He was 68 years old.
He is survived by his loving wife, Susan, of 36 years; and children, Susie and husband Alan Gilson, Robert IV and wife Jody, all from Olathe, Kansas, John from Chicago, Illinois, Bradley and wife Sarah from Louisville, Kentucky; and four grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Victoria of New York City, New York, Eliza of Kansas City, Kansas and Lydia of San Diego, California.
He was born to Drs. Robert C. Kimbrough, Jr. and Victoria Kimbrough at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on November 26, 1941. He spent his early childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee before moving to Madisonville, Tennessee, to live with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke Kimbrough. In his senior year of high school, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1959.
Dr. Kimbrough graduated from the University of Kansas in 1963 and the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine in 1969. He was an Internal Medicine intern and resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and was Chief Resident at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Under Dr. Temple W. Williams at Baylor, Dr. Kimbrough started a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, and completed his studies with Dr. Richard E. Bryant at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Kimbrough was Chief of Infectious Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and was a member of the faculty of the Oregon Health & Science University from 1974 to 1989. He moved to the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield Missouri, where he practiced ID from 1989 to 1993. For the past 17 years he has been Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Dr. Kimbrough also served as Chief of Infectious Diseases and Clerkship Director.
Dr. Kimbrough was recently named a Master in the American College of Physicians. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He was a past president of the Oregon chapter of the ACP, and held several leadership positions in the Oregon Medical Association. He was also a past president of the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society, and an active member and leader in the Texas Medical Association, the Texas chapter of the ACP, the American Association of the History of Medicine, and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America. He was a devoted and proud member of the American Osler Society.
Dr. Kimbrough's numerous honors and awards include the 1988 Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teacher Award, the Oliver W. Nesbitt Teaching Award, election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's 1997 Outstanding Teacher Award (Department of Internal Medicine) and the Dean's Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2010. He was named a 2004 Laureate of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kimbrough was a reviewer for multiple medical and history of medicine journals and as a book reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has authored ten book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed articles.
Dr. Kimbrough was an avid collector of antiquarian books in medical history, with an emphasis on Osler's "Aequanimitas." He was a wine enthusiast and an accomplished trap shooter.
In his professional and personal life Dr. Kimbrough cultivated "the Art of Detachment, the Virtue of Method, the Quality of Thoroughness…and the Grace of Humility," as articulated by Sir William Osler. He made a difference in the lives of many, and his legacy is honored by his family, friends, colleagues, students, and patients.
Memorial service is to be held Tuesday November 30, 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls-on-the-Plains Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his loving wife, Susan, of 36 years; and children, Susie and husband Alan Gilson, Robert IV and wife Jody, all from Olathe, Kansas, John from Chicago, Illinois, Bradley and wife Sarah from Louisville, Kentucky; and four grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Victoria of New York City, New York, Eliza of Kansas City, Kansas and Lydia of San Diego, California.
He was born to Drs. Robert C. Kimbrough, Jr. and Victoria Kimbrough at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on November 26, 1941. He spent his early childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee before moving to Madisonville, Tennessee, to live with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke Kimbrough. In his senior year of high school, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1959.
Dr. Kimbrough graduated from the University of Kansas in 1963 and the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine in 1969. He was an Internal Medicine intern and resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and was Chief Resident at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Under Dr. Temple W. Williams at Baylor, Dr. Kimbrough started a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, and completed his studies with Dr. Richard E. Bryant at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Kimbrough was Chief of Infectious Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and was a member of the faculty of the Oregon Health & Science University from 1974 to 1989. He moved to the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield Missouri, where he practiced ID from 1989 to 1993. For the past 17 years he has been Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Dr. Kimbrough also served as Chief of Infectious Diseases and Clerkship Director.
Dr. Kimbrough was recently named a Master in the American College of Physicians. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He was a past president of the Oregon chapter of the ACP, and held several leadership positions in the Oregon Medical Association. He was also a past president of the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society, and an active member and leader in the Texas Medical Association, the Texas chapter of the ACP, the American Association of the History of Medicine, and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America. He was a devoted and proud member of the American Osler Society.
Dr. Kimbrough's numerous honors and awards include the 1988 Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teacher Award, the Oliver W. Nesbitt Teaching Award, election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's 1997 Outstanding Teacher Award (Department of Internal Medicine) and the Dean's Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2010. He was named a 2004 Laureate of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kimbrough was a reviewer for multiple medical and history of medicine journals and as a book reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has authored ten book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed articles.
Dr. Kimbrough was an avid collector of antiquarian books in medical history, with an emphasis on Osler's "Aequanimitas." He was a wine enthusiast and an accomplished trap shooter.
In his professional and personal life Dr. Kimbrough cultivated "the Art of Detachment, the Virtue of Method, the Quality of Thoroughness…and the Grace of Humility," as articulated by Sir William Osler. He made a difference in the lives of many, and his legacy is honored by his family, friends, colleagues, students, and patients.
Memorial service is to be held Tuesday November 30, 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls-on-the-Plains Episcopal Church.
Robert Cooke Kimbrough III, M.D., died November 24, 2010. He was 68 years old.
He is survived by his loving wife, Susan, of 36 years; and children, Susie and husband Alan Gilson, Robert IV and wife Jody, all from Olathe, Kansas, John from Chicago, Illinois, Bradley and wife Sarah from Louisville, Kentucky; and four grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Victoria of New York City, New York, Eliza of Kansas City, Kansas and Lydia of San Diego, California.
He was born to Drs. Robert C. Kimbrough, Jr. and Victoria Kimbrough at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on November 26, 1941. He spent his early childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee before moving to Madisonville, Tennessee, to live with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke Kimbrough. In his senior year of high school, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1959.
Dr. Kimbrough graduated from the University of Kansas in 1963 and the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine in 1969. He was an Internal Medicine intern and resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and was Chief Resident at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Under Dr. Temple W. Williams at Baylor, Dr. Kimbrough started a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, and completed his studies with Dr. Richard E. Bryant at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Kimbrough was Chief of Infectious Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and was a member of the faculty of the Oregon Health & Science University from 1974 to 1989. He moved to the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield Missouri, where he practiced ID from 1989 to 1993. For the past 17 years he has been Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Dr. Kimbrough also served as Chief of Infectious Diseases and Clerkship Director.
Dr. Kimbrough was recently named a Master in the American College of Physicians. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He was a past president of the Oregon chapter of the ACP, and held several leadership positions in the Oregon Medical Association. He was also a past president of the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society, and an active member and leader in the Texas Medical Association, the Texas chapter of the ACP, the American Association of the History of Medicine, and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America. He was a devoted and proud member of the American Osler Society.
Dr. Kimbrough's numerous honors and awards include the 1988 Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teacher Award, the Oliver W. Nesbitt Teaching Award, election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's 1997 Outstanding Teacher Award (Department of Internal Medicine) and the Dean's Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2010. He was named a 2004 Laureate of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kimbrough was a reviewer for multiple medical and history of medicine journals and as a book reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has authored ten book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed articles.
Dr. Kimbrough was an avid collector of antiquarian books in medical history, with an emphasis on Osler's "Aequanimitas." He was a wine enthusiast and an accomplished trap shooter.
In his professional and personal life Dr. Kimbrough cultivated "the Art of Detachment, the Virtue of Method, the Quality of Thoroughness…and the Grace of Humility," as articulated by Sir William Osler. He made a difference in the lives of many, and his legacy is honored by his family, friends, colleagues, students, and patients.
Memorial service is to be held Tuesday November 30, 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls-on-the-Plains Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his loving wife, Susan, of 36 years; and children, Susie and husband Alan Gilson, Robert IV and wife Jody, all from Olathe, Kansas, John from Chicago, Illinois, Bradley and wife Sarah from Louisville, Kentucky; and four grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Victoria of New York City, New York, Eliza of Kansas City, Kansas and Lydia of San Diego, California.
He was born to Drs. Robert C. Kimbrough, Jr. and Victoria Kimbrough at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on November 26, 1941. He spent his early childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee before moving to Madisonville, Tennessee, to live with his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke Kimbrough. In his senior year of high school, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1959.
Dr. Kimbrough graduated from the University of Kansas in 1963 and the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine in 1969. He was an Internal Medicine intern and resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and was Chief Resident at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Under Dr. Temple W. Williams at Baylor, Dr. Kimbrough started a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, and completed his studies with Dr. Richard E. Bryant at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Kimbrough was Chief of Infectious Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, and was a member of the faculty of the Oregon Health & Science University from 1974 to 1989. He moved to the Ferrell-Duncan Clinic in Springfield Missouri, where he practiced ID from 1989 to 1993. For the past 17 years he has been Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Dr. Kimbrough also served as Chief of Infectious Diseases and Clerkship Director.
Dr. Kimbrough was recently named a Master in the American College of Physicians. He was also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He was a past president of the Oregon chapter of the ACP, and held several leadership positions in the Oregon Medical Association. He was also a past president of the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society, and an active member and leader in the Texas Medical Association, the Texas chapter of the ACP, the American Association of the History of Medicine, and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America. He was a devoted and proud member of the American Osler Society.
Dr. Kimbrough's numerous honors and awards include the 1988 Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teacher Award, the Oliver W. Nesbitt Teaching Award, election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's 1997 Outstanding Teacher Award (Department of Internal Medicine) and the Dean's Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2010. He was named a 2004 Laureate of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Kimbrough was a reviewer for multiple medical and history of medicine journals and as a book reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has authored ten book chapters and over 50 peer reviewed articles.
Dr. Kimbrough was an avid collector of antiquarian books in medical history, with an emphasis on Osler's "Aequanimitas." He was a wine enthusiast and an accomplished trap shooter.
In his professional and personal life Dr. Kimbrough cultivated "the Art of Detachment, the Virtue of Method, the Quality of Thoroughness…and the Grace of Humility," as articulated by Sir William Osler. He made a difference in the lives of many, and his legacy is honored by his family, friends, colleagues, students, and patients.
Memorial service is to be held Tuesday November 30, 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls-on-the-Plains Episcopal Church.
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