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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Fred Parrott
Dr. Fred Parrott
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| Other authors / contributors: | Parrott, Fred, 1934- interviewee.
Brewington, Ron, 1946- interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Ron Brewington, interviewer.
Recorded Marina Del Rey, California 2007 July 7.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Retired gynecologist and civic leader Dr. Fred D. Parrott was born in Houston, Texas on December 22, 1934. After graduating from Jack Yates Public High School in 1944, Parrott enrolled in Howard University earning his B.S. degree in 1947. During the early 1950s, Parrott entered the Medical Service Corps for the United States Army in the Korean War. In 1958, Parrott graduated from Meharry Medical College and became a fellow of the University of Minnesota Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After completing his fellowship, Parrott returned to Los Angles to begin private practice. In 1986, Parrott founded the Real Men Cook Foundation. In 1994, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Parrott founded the Real Men Cook Foundation Center for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer. The recipient of the Black Heritage Award and Presidential Medal of Honor from Howard University Parrott was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Meharry Medical College.
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