Artist: Unknown; Oil on canvas
Louis A.M. Krause received his medical degree from the University of
Maryland in 1917 and with his degree, he received the Faculty Gold Medal, the
highest honor given to graduates. Dr. Krause served in both World Wars – at the
front in WWI with the American Expeditionary Forces, and as the Chief of
Medical Services at Walter Reed Medical Center during WWII.
While not lecturing on general medicine, clinical medicine or the history of
medicine at the University of Maryland, Dr. Krause could be found at one of the
telescopes in the observatory he had built onto his house.
After the first war, he returned to Baltimore and became Chief of Medical
Services at Lutheran Hospital. An interest in ancient diseases led to his being
invited to participate in an archaeological expedition to Oman and Saudi Arabia
in 1950, where he also organized free clinics.
His medical accomplishments
merited an award from Pope Pius XII in 1946. Dr. Krause also journeyed to Egypt
to study the history of disease revealed by the excavations of mummies. He was
an archaeologist and a scholar of the Bible.
A lifelong bachelor, Dr. Krause lived with his sister, Louise, and they were
both accomplished pianists. Their pianos are now in the Krause Reading Room.
Dr. Krause served as President of the Baltimore City Medical Society in 1951.
From The Baltimore City Medical Society’s “A History”
Dr Krause was a neighbor to my grandparents Anthony and Teresa Hatter who lived at 9516 Hartford Road in Carney, Md. Anthony (Tony) ran a barbershop for many years at that address. Dr. Krause treated me several times when I was very young. After our home was torn down to widen Hartford Road my brother Bill Walker and I sold what remained of our grandparents’ land to Louise Krause, who was Dr. Krause’s sister, who lived behind my grandparents’ home (9516 Hartford Road.) Dr. Krause had passed away many years before then. That sale happened in the 1970s or maybe early 80s, I believe. We were told Dr. Louis Krause had been one of the first archeologists to enter king Tut’s tomb in Egypt.
ReplyDeleteAs I write this (June 3, 2024,) I am 76 years old and retired from the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland in 2011, and now live in Hillsboro, WV. Just wanted to pass this on if anyone would be interested.
There is Dr. Louis Krause Memorial Park located at 9257 Old Harford Rd, Carney, MD 21234
Tim Walker, tim@amrmail.org.