Richard W. Kissell, M.D.
'67
At ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é:
- Played baseball and basketball in all four years, three years with the varsity basketball team and his first year with the freshman team
- As a senior, he hit more triples per at bat than any collegian in the nation
- Named team MVP and awarded the Lysle "Spike" Garnish Award
Post-Graduate:
- Signed a professional baseball contract with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967
- Played in Sarasota, FL that summer and was elected to the All-Star Team (along with eventual pro stars Ted Simmons and Jerry Ruess)
- Accepted into the St. Louis University Medical School and managed to play for a semipro team, the Heine Meine League
- During military service, he served as a Major at U.S. General Leonard Wood Army Hospital
- Received "The Army Commendation Medal" for meritorious service
- Has worked in private practice in Springfield, MO since 1976 at the Diagnostic Clinic
- Served as Chief of the Department of Medicine at Cox Health Systems, and was elected Chief of Staff in 1987
- Member Board of Directors, Cox Health Systems
