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Dr. Maurice F. Rabb (Finding Aid)
1932 - 2005
Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Time of Year: Summer
Favorite Vacation Spot: Anywhere with palm trees
Interview Length: 129 minutes
Interview Date(s): April 16, 2001
Interview Location(s): The HistoryMakers Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Abstract
Noted ophthamologist Dr. Maurice Rabb, describes the intersting origins of his name and his family history. Rabb also describes life in his hometown, segregated Louisville, Kentucky. Noted ophthamologist, Dr. Maurice Rabb shares several anecdotes about his parents, particularly his father's influence on his future choice of profession. Rabb also details the impact segregation had upon his secondary school education. Noted ophthamologist Dr. Maurice Rabb details his efforts to secure a superior education, despite of the pervasiveness of segregation and discrimination in higher education. Rabb discusses his undergraduate education at Indiana University, the University of Louisville and his medical school education at the University of Louisville as well. Noted ophthamologist Dr. Maurice Rabb describes his life as a medical student, resident and fellow in ophthomology. He also discusses his courtship, marriage and family. Finallly, Rabb delves into the practice of ophthomology and several breakthroughs in treatment he has been at the forefront of in that specialty. Noted ophthamplogist, Dr. Maurice Rabb, discusses his legacy, his views on the future of black America and the role his family played in his success.
53 Stories (See Ordered Story Set)
- Slating of Maurice Rabb interview
- Maurice Rabb's favorites
- Maurice Rabb details the origins of his name
- Maurice Rabb describes his father's background
- Maurice Rabb describes his mother's background
- Maurice Rabb remembers his parents
- Maurice Rabb describes his childhood environs, Shelbyville, Kentucky
- Maurice Rabb discusses his father's profession, part I
- Maurice Rabb recalls his elementary school and recreational activities
- Maurice Rabb describes his childhood personality
- Maurice Rabb recalls his childhood interests in reading and technology
- Maurice Rabb tells about playing with B.B. guns and slingshots
- Maurice Rabb recalls segregation in his hometown, Shelbyville, Kentucky
- Maurice Rabb discusses his father's work as a doctor in 1930s Kentucky
- Maurice Rabb describes the influence of his family members
- Maurice Rabb recounts his junior high school years away from home
- Maurice Rabb recalls attending a segregated high school in Louisville, Kentucky
- Maurice Rabb recalls his early basketball prowess
- Maurice Rabb talks about his youthful interest in pyrotechnics and radio and his father's anti-drinking stance
- Maurice Rabb recounts a trip to France as a Boy Scout
- Maurice Rabb recalls coming home from the Boy Scouts' World Jamboree in 1947
- Maurice Rabb tells about his father's race keeping him from being drafted as a physician in World War II
- Maurice Rabb describes his career and college choice
- Maurice Rabb recounts his two years at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
- Maurice Rabb explains his transfer to the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- Maurice Rabb recounts his medical school experience
- Maurice Rabb discusses career decisions following medical school
- Maurice Rabb details his father's integration of Louisville General Hospital, early 1950s
- Maurice Rabb recalls his experience as a medical intern in New York
- Maurice Rabb recounts his residency at the University of Illinois, Chicago
- Maurice Rabb recalls his Jewish social network while in medical school, part I
- Maurice Rabb recalls his Jewish social network while in medical school, part II
- Maurice Rabb remembers his mentor in ophthalmology
- Maurice Rabb becomes the first black physician to practice in Chicago's Loop
- Maurice Rabb pursues further ophthalmological study in a fellowship with Dr. Max Fine
- Maurice Rabb recounts courting his future wife
- Maurice Rabb recalls working on corneal transplants with Dr. Fine in San Francisco
- Maurice Rabb shares his experiences as a professor/physician in Chicago, 1960s
- Maurice Rabb reflects on the course of his career
- Maurice Rabb remembers influential ophthalmologists
- Maurice Rabb discusses the demographics of his patients
- Maurice Rabb reflects on developments in ophthalmological technology
- Maurice Rabb discusses trends in ophthalmological procedures
- Maurice Rabb shares advice for those pursuing careers in medicine
- Maurice Rabb discusses African Americans in medicine
- Maurice Rabb lists national and international institutions with which he is involved
- Maurice Rabb considers his motivation for career success
- Maurice Rabb talks about his research on how sickle cell anemia affects the eye
- Maurice Rabb discusses his plans for the future
- Maurice Rabb discusses the importance of family to him
- Maurice Rabb defines success
- Maurice Rabb shares his views on the progress of black America
- Maurice Rabb considers his legacy