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The Kenneth F. Kessel, M.D. Collection consists of various materials documenting the history and
development of the MacNeal Family Practice Residency Program, including the 12 th edition of the
MacNeal Family Medicine Curriculum (1987); a 1975-1976 MacNeal Residencies in Family Practice
Manual; a 1981 Alcoholism Treatment Center Residency Training Manual; two volumes of the
MacNeal Family Practice Syllabus (1975-1976); and several articles by Dr. Kessel dating from 1974
and 1975, as well as an article entitled “The Origin of the First Family Practice Residency in the
State of Illinois”. Also included in the collection is a complete boxed set of “Criteria Cards” from the
program from the period 1970 to 1987.
Kolb, Weldon G., M.D. (1919-1995)
1951-1995
6 boxes – See also: Audio-Visual Collection; Museum Collection; and Photograph Collection
Born in 1919 in Texas, Weldon Garrett Kolb, M.D. graduated from the University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston in 1941. After completing his internship at the John Sealy Hospital in
Galveston, he established a general practice as part of the Medical & Surgical Clinic Associates in
LaMarque, Texas in 1945, where he was in private practice until 1991. A charter member of the
AAGP in 1947, he served as president of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians from 1972 to
1973, as a member of the AAFP Commission on Public Health and Scientific Affairs from 1976 to
1982, and as president and chairman of the Texas AFP Foundation for nine years. In 1983, he was
honored by being named the Texas Family Physician of the Year by his colleagues in the Texas AFP
and in 1992 the Weldon G. Kolb, M.D. Pavilion was named in his honor at the Mainland Center
Hospital in Texas City. Dr. Kolb retired in 1991 and died in 1995 in Galveston at the age of 75.
The Weldon G. Kolb, M.D. Collection consists of Dr. Kolb’s correspondence files relating to his
membership and service in the Texas AFP from 1951 to 1988; files relating to his participation in
the Texas AFP Foundation from 1988 to 1995; newspaper and other publications clippings relating
to his life and career; two photocopied scrapbooks with photographs covering the period 1971-1973;
awards and certificates files, including files on the 1983 Texas Family Physician of the Year Award,
and the dedication of the Weldon G. Kolb Pavilion; files relating to travel, professional meetings,
and seminars; position papers and speeches; files relating to his involvement in the Texas Medical
Association, Council for Medical Education & Hospitals, ABFP and AAFP Commission on Public
Health & Scientific Affairs; and a file relating to his retirement in 1991.
Kowalewski, Edward J., M.D. (1920-1996)
1966-1990
13 boxes – See also: Audio-Visual Collection; Museum Collection; Oversized Collection;
Photograph Collection; and Slide Collection
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