Robert P. Fischelis [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by James Harvey Young and Richard J. Hopkins, 1968 Sept. 17-19.

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Robert P. Fischelis [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by James Harvey Young and Richard J. Hopkins, 1968 Sept. 17-19.

Discusses Fischelis's education, training, work at various schools, the activities of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the National Association of Retail Druggists, and his recollections of the many government officials and medical figures with whom he worked.

5 sound reels : 1/2 track, 3 3/4 ips ; 1/4 inch tape.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7611373

National Library of Medicine

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Growing up in the Garden City, Finney County, Kansas area, Richard J. Hopkins went to law school in Chicago, returning to Kansas in the early 20th century to practice law. During his career, he served in politics, including one term as lieutenant governor of Kansas, and as city attorney and Attorney General for Kansas, before going on to serve as a federal judge. He died in 1943 at the age of seventy. [Smith, William A. "In Memoriam Justice Richard J. Hopkins." Memorial read by Justice Smith bef...