Obituaries: Ruth Krauss-Kidder, retired associate professor of pediatrics

Memorial services will be scheduled for Ruth F. Krauss-Kidder, a retired clinical associate professor of pediatrics in Department of Neurology of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Krauss-Kidder, who died March 29 in Niagara Lutheran Home, was 75.

Director of electroencephalography at Children's Hospital before her retirement, Krauss-Kidder graduated from UB medical school in 1943 and practiced pediatrics privately for a year before joining the medical staff at Children's. A rehabilitation specialist, she provided counsel during her career for many parents whose children suffered from cerebral palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation and other medical conditions, explaining possibilities as well as limitations.

The author of a number of publications in pediatrics, neurology and pathology journals, she was a member of Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega honor societies.


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