Frank Hallock, MD Papers

Frank Kirkwood Hallock was born August 18, 1860 at Oyster Bay, Long Island. His father, a doctor, was involved in the study of nervous disorders and opened the "Cromwell Hall Sanatorium for Nervous Diseases (Cromwell, Conn.) in 1877. Frank Hallock attended Weslyan University in Middletown, Conn., graduating with an A.B. degree in 1882. In 1885 he received his A.M. degree from Weslyan and his M.D. degree from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons. His medical thesis was on the "Classification of the Study of Therapeutics". After graduation, he interned at New York Hospital for two years. In May of 1887, he went abroad for two years for further training in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and England. He married Kate Camp Avery on May 7, 1890 and had five children. He spent the rest of his life in the study of neurology and in working at, later directing, Cromwell Hall. Here, nervous disorders were treated by a combination of "medical, physical, occupational and nature agencies with the psychological analysis and interpretation of the individual" (Who was Who in America, V.1, p. 506).

Dr. Hallock was active in local medical societies and in Weslyan affairs. He served on the Weslyan Board of Trustees and donated many rare books to their library. He was also a director of the Savings Bank in Cromwell, of the Rand Avery Supply Co. (Boston), the Industrial Securities Corp. (Middletown), and the Middlesex Hospital in Cromwell. He died April 29, 1937.