/internal/media/dispatcher/73405/fullDr. Thomas McConnell Oral History04/06/201265 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2012.001.00310Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Thomas McConnell. McConnell was the Medical Officer of the Day at the Pentagon on November 22, 1963, and was assigned duties that weekend at the White House, U.S. Capitol, and Arlington National Cemetery. A Dallas native, he worked in the pathology department at Parkland Memorial Hospital before and after the Kennedy assassination and was present for Jack Ruby's autopsy.
Interview conducted at [location] on April 6, 2012 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories648680E-100E-1036550Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Thomas McConnell. McConnell was the Medical Officer of the Day at the Pentagon on November 22, 1963, and was assigned duties that weekend at the White House, U.S. Capitol and Arlington National Cemetery. A Dallas native, he worked in the pathology department at Parkland Memorial Hospital before and after the Kennedy assassination and was present for Jack Ruby's autopsy.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum on April 6, 2012, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and five minutes long.Oral historiesDoctorsMedical teamFuneralRuby, JackArlington National CemeteryParkland HospitalWhite HouseDallasWashington, D.C.Jack Ruby (OHC)White House and State Officials (OHC)Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)In addition to this 2012 videotaped interview, Dr. McConnell was a featured speaker during the Museum's 2013 Living History public program series. His August 24, 2013 program at the Museum can be viewed in its entirety on The Sixth Floor Museum's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_yQKVzoLD8. This program was also recorded by C-SPAN3 and can be viewed in its entirety on the C-SPAN website: https://www.c-span.org/video/?314494-1/john-f-kennedys-medical-officer.
Dr. McConnell wrote of his experiences in his autobiography, Dead Wrong: And Other Episodes From a Life in Medicine (2011). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator