Code,903003
Subject,Carl Robeson
Date,7/12/2006
Interviewer,Kris King and Mary Kay Overman
Abstracts,"Carl Roberson discusses his experiences as a doctor in Cleveland and elsewhere as well as his deep interest in Ethiopian culture and people. He has lived and worked in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood for several decades. Additionally, he discusses his philanthropic endeavors such as providing housing, jobs, and educations for numerous Ethiopians as well as running an Ethiopian restaurant here in Cleveland."
Special Notes,
minutes:,1:17:18
0,Setup
1,"Background: born in Morristown, NJ, parents were social workers, went to College of Wooster and Western Reserve University, graduated in 1966"
2,_____Move to Texas; Practice medicine on Indian reservation
3,_____Worked at Hough Norwood Family Health Care Center in the Newton D. Baker Building
4,__________Work in inner city poverty areas
5,__________NEON Clinic; reasons for choosing an inner city family practice; employment history
6,__________Problems with Hough Norwood Family Health Care
7,Opened his own practice in '76 in the Eliza Bryant Nursing Home building
8,Bought a building for his private practice on E. 62nd and St. Clair in 1984
9,_____Patient makeup;                                                                                                    Trip to Ethiopia in 1982
10,_____Description of trip to Ethiopia
11,_____Met an Ethiopian girl on his trip home; kept in contact and offered her a room in his building while she went to school
12,Arranged to bring more Ethiopian students to Cleveland to live in his building; description of his building
13,_____Continued
14,Collapse of marriage and remarried to an Ethiopian
15,Opening an Ethiopian restaurant called Empress Taytu
16,Purchase of more property
17,_____moved into one of his properties and employment at restaurant
18,_____brought Ethiopians to Cleveland to work in his restaurant
19,Success of private practice; financial makeup of patients; Mt. Sinai Hospital
20,Now uses St. Vincent Charity Hospital
21,Financial difficulties of staying at his practice due to costs; Ended his private practice and began working for Hough Norwood again.
22,_____Benefits of working for Hough Norwood
23,_____The various buildings of Hough Norwood Family Care Center
24,_____Change in name from Hough Norwood to NEON
25,Father's background and his interest in health care in India
26,_____Success with helping improve health care in India
27,_____Continued;                                                                                                    Carl's internship on a Indian reservation
28,_____Chippewa Reservation in N. Dakota
29,_____Work on reservation
30,Return to Cleveland
31,_____Locating a home and a job; Forest City Hospital
32,_____Employment history
33,__________Continued                                                                                           ethnic makeup of St. Clair Superior neighborhood
34,_____Continued; drug use
35,Ted Kennedy visits the Newton D. Baker Health Center around 1971
36,Changes to the neighborhood: physician of Forest City Hospital shot at
37,Parker Bossley's Restaurant on St. Clair: burnt down
38,St. Vitus Church and School: family of Catholic Ethiopians with three children and their attendance in that school
39,_____Continued: first black children at the school
40,_____Continued                                                                                                  Schooling of Ethiopians
41,_____Continued                                                                                                   Problems with Ethiopia
42,_____Reasons why Ethiopians fled Ethiopia
43,_____Continued; Obtaining visas
44,Ethiopian populations in the U.S.
45,"_____Columbus' Ethiopian population greater than 16,000"
46,Health issues and concerns within Ethiopia: AIDS
47,_____Treating patients
48,How he got into family practice
49,_____Continued
50,Children's background
51,_____Continued
52,_____Continued
53,_____Continued: Son-in Law is a lawyer at Guantanamo Bay
54,__________Son-in-law continued
55,__________Son-in-law continued
56,Student visas for Ethiopian students
57,Views on Ethiopian's politics; U.S. being difficult toward Ethiopians looking to get visas
58,_____U.S. difficulties continued
59,_____U.S. difficulties continued
60,Sister City Project with Ethiopia
61,"_____Continued: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia"
62,_____Seeking to get Bahir Dar and Cleveland to be Sister Cities
63,_____Ethiopian Ambassador in Cleveland
64,_____Finalizing the Sister City Pact
65,_____Projects for Bahir Dar: Sewer system
66,__________Support for projects; Creating a national park
67,__________Support continued
68,Walter Humphreys: patient of Dr. Carl Robeson
69,_____Continued
70,_____Parking lot of Dr. Robeson's building
71,__________Keeps sinking because the lot was built on top of a burnt down building
72,Future projects
73,Changes to the neighborhood: gangs and decline
74,_____Inner City Programs
75,_____Continued
76,_____Continued
77,End
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