Louis Jeremiah Cunningham Kimmell was born on 13 November 1860 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel Kimmell, D.D.S., and Mary Jane Cunningham. He attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1878 to June 1883 when he received a certificate of proficiency. While he was a student Kimmell belonged to the Delta Beta Phi fraternity and participated in the reestablishment of the Delta Phi fraternity in 1882 as well as volunteered as a marshal for Athletic Association events and joining the College Boat Club. After attending the college, Kimmell entered the Medical School of the University and earned his M.D. degree in 1887. He worked as a doctor in the Philadelphia area and was a resident physician at Germantown Hospital. Louis also was a medical examiner for the Western Union Life Insurance Company of Detroit, Michigan. He died of pneumonia at his home, 340 S. 15th Street, in Philadelphia at the age of twenty-nine on 19 January 1890. Among the pall bearers at his funeral at St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church were Drs. J. William White, DeForest Willard, Frank H. Getchell, and D. Webster Fox. About two years after his death a prize in his memory was established at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania to students who present the best thesis on a surgical subject.
From the description of Scrapbook, 1860-1887. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 250547117
