Former ATSU-KCOM attorney passes away
Posted: July 23, 2013
Harold Fridkin passed away on July 17, 2013, at age 86. Fridkin served as legal counsel for what is now A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) for several years in the 1980s and ’90s.
Born in Chicago, Fridkin earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. While working with ATSU-KCOM, he was instrumental in negotiating the lease agreement between the college and National Medical Enterprises, Inc., for sale/lease of the Kirksville Osteopathic Health Center in 1985.
He was a principal partner in Craft & Fridkin Law Firm, which later became Craft, Fridkin, & Rhyne. He was also a longtime adviser and counselor to Democrat senators, governors, and members of Congress in Kansas City.
Fridkin and his wife, Louann, have five children.
A memorial service will be scheduled for August.