{"id":5566,"date":"2025-08-08T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:36:55","slug":"legacies-of-healing-the-karrer-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/2025\/08\/08\/legacies-of-healing-the-karrer-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacies of Healing: The Karrer Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Image includes four child members of the Karrer family.\" class=\"wp-image-5570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/UNMC_McGooganLibrary_July2025_KarrerExhibit_BlogGraphic_1300x780.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karrer brothers, 1917 (left to right)\nMax Raymond (age 10), Frederick Merrill (age 12), Rush (age 2), Robert (age 5).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLegacies of Healing: The Karrer Family,\u201d the new McGoogan Health Sciences Library exhibit, opens August 8th, 2025. The exhibit, found on Level 8, McGoogan Library, Wittson Hall, explores the Karrer family\u2019s history, legacy and impact on healthcare in Nebraska. With deep roots in the small towns of central and western Nebraska, the Karrer family established a legacy of healing that eventually extended beyond the state borders. Over four generations of Karrer family members have returned to the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, producing a total of eight graduates. The Karrer family\u2019s dedication exemplifies the College\u2019s impact on medical education and reflects the family\u2019s commitment to caring for patients in Nebraska and beyond.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about the impact of the Karrer family at the exhibit on Level 8, McGoogan Library, Wittson Hall and <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.unmc.edu\/karrer\/welcome\">online<\/a>. The in-person exhibit runs through January 22, 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/voicedwhispering.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"rfa  vgn\">rfa  vgn<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLegacies of Healing: The Karrer Family,\u201d the new McGoogan Health Sciences Library exhibit, opens August 8th, 2025. The exhibit, found on Level 8, McGoogan Library, Wittson Hall, explores the Karrer family\u2019s history, legacy and impact on healthcare in Nebraska. With deep roots in the small towns of central and western Nebraska, the Karrer family established [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[215,57,107,9,261,58,18],"class_list":["post-5566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-exhibitions","tag-faculty","tag-health-sciences-history","tag-history-of-medicine","tag-new-exhibit","tag-staff","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5566"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5581,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions\/5581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}