Background
Franklin, Robert Blair was born on December 18, 1919 in Buffalo. Son of Wilson Gale and Frances Eunice (Sullivan) Franklin.
Franklin, Robert Blair was born on December 18, 1919 in Buffalo. Son of Wilson Gale and Frances Eunice (Sullivan) Franklin.
Bachelor, Canisius College, Buffalo, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University St. Louis, 1943.
Commissioned, United States Army
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army
chief medical service 130th Station Hospital, United States Army, Heidelberg, Germany, 1955-1958;
commanding officer 5th Surgical Hospital, United States Army, Heidelberg, Germany, 1958-1959;
chief general medical service Fitzsimons General Hospital, United States Army, Denver, 1959-1960;
chief cardiology service, United States Army, Denver, 1962-1965;
commanding officer 121st Evacuation Hospital, United States Army, Seoul, Korea, 1965-1966;
chief cardiology service Letterman General Hospital, United States Army, San Francisco, 1966-1968;
chief cardiology department, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Santa Clara, California, 1968-1979;
deputy commanding officer 130th Station Hospital, United States Army, Heidelberg/Seoul/Vicenza, Italy, 1979-1989. Assistant clinical professor Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1953-1954, U. Colorado, Denver,1963-1965, Seoul National U., 1965-1966. Guest lecturer Phy Yonsei U., Seoul, 1965-1966.
Assistant clinical professor University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1966-1968, 74-79, 89-.
Married Anne W., January 16, 1969. Children: Virginia, Richard, Victor, George, Robert, Kathleen.