Interview with Curtis Krock : Alumni Stories

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Abstract: Curtis Krock (AB Biology, 1957) describes how Stanford gave him access to opportunities he never could have experienced in his hometown in Arkansas. He mentions visits from Herbert Hoover and various performers through the Stanford concert series. In addition to playing the violin in the Stanford Orchestra, he marks being a part of an independent study group as an outstanding memory in his undergraduate experience, stating that it made him feel like a “true scholar”. Krock reminisces about bonfires, football games, Sunday Night Flicks at Memorial Auditorium, and credits Stanford for giving him the confidence he needed for his future work in the medical field.

Type of resource	text
Extent	1 text file
Place	Stanford (Calif.)
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society
Date created	November 4, 2022 -
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital

Interviewee	Krock, Curtis
Creator	Krock, Curtis
Interviewer	Amaturo, Lauren
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society

Subject	Stanford University. Students > 1950s
Subject	Universities and colleges
Subject	College students
Genre	Interview

Biographical Profile	Curtis Krock was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and lived there until attending Stanford with the exception of the War years, when he spent 1.5 years in Texas and 3 months in San Francisco. After graduating from Fort Smith Senior High School, “Most Likely to Succeed”, he attended Stanford, majoring in biology, and graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with honors, and then received his M.D. in 1961 at Johns Hopkins. After serving in the U.S. Army Medical corps 1966 to 1968 he practiced internal medicine in Fort Smith for 4 years and 29 years in the Carle Clinic, Urbana, Illinois, retiring in 2001. He married Ruth Leone Johnson 1968, who died of multiple sclerosis in 2005 and Susan Pogue de la Fuente in 2006, who died of esophageal cancer in 2022. His son, who attended Stanford, lives in Sunnyvale with his wife and children aged 6 ½ and 21/2. His daughter lives in Pablo, Montana with her husband Robert, and with her two children, Gabriel, aged 25, and Faith, aged 15. He has been co-correspondent of Stanford Class Notes since 2014.
Audio	Title Audio
Finding Aid	Title Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/sh462df9792
Location	SC0932
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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