Franklin L. Stroud, Pediatrician Who Helped Serve The Learning Disabled, 69

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Pediatrician Helped Serve The Learning Disabled

By Adam Bernstein and Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post Staff Writers

Franklin L. Stroud, 69, who was the pediatrician of choice for
thousands of Northwest Washington [DC] families during a three-decade
career and who specialized in treating children with learning
disabilities, died yesterday [May 26, 2008] in a car crash about 50
miles west of Chicago [Illinois]. He had been in Illinois to care for
his ailing mother.

According to the DeKalb County, Illinois, Sheriff's Office, Stroud was
driving west on Route 34 between Sandwich [Illinois] and Somonauk
[Illinois] when his car hit the back of another westbound vehicle and
tumbled into a creek. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The
accident is being investigated by the sheriff's office and the county
coroner.

Stroud was a senior partner at Spring Valley Pediatrics at 4900
Massachusetts Ave. NW, where he developed an expertise in diagnosing
and treating learning-disabled children starting in their preschool
years. He was keenly interested in attention-deficit disorder.

He was on Washingtonian magazine's list of the area's best doctors and
was board chairman at the Kingsbury Center in Northwest Washington,
which serves children and adults with learning disabilities. He was
also the physician for St. Albans School.

His death brought telephone calls of condolence from prominent
Democrats, including former vice president Al Gore, whose children
were once his patients. Gore called Stroud "a great friend and
wonderful doctor."

Beale Ong, senior partner at Spring Valley Pediatrics, said Stroud
also treated the five children of Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, and those of Smith
Bagley, the Democratic fundraiser and R.J. Reynolds tobacco heir.

McAuliffe joked that Stroud, who raised money and campaigned for
Democratic candidates, was "the pediatrician for the Democrats."

Stroud's reputation in the Democratic Party was also due to his wife
of 39 years, Kandy Stroud, a former journalist and director of radio
communications for the Democratic National Committee.

Franklin Lyle Stroud was born September 23, 1938, in Sandwich. He was
7 when his father died, and he was raised in Somonauk by his mother.

He was a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
[Illinois] and its medical school in Chicago. After completing his
pediatric residency at Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital in
New York City [New York], he became chief of pediatrics at Bainbridge
Naval Training Station in Maryland.

In 1968, he became medical director of the Office of Economic
Opportunity, which administered anti-poverty programs. In 1972, he
went into private practice.

Besides his medical and civic responsibilities, Shroud was known for
his gardening prowess, and his longtime Georgetown [Washingotn DC]
home was featured in the neighborhood's garden tour. Seven years ago,
he moved to the District's [Washington DC]Foxhall neighborhood.

His avocations included skiing, playing tennis and jogging, but his
abiding interest was music. He had studied piano for 13 years during
his youth and was a two-time champion saxophone player in Illinois.

He and his wife were members of the Choral Arts Society of Washington
[DC], where he sang baritone and she sang alto for local concerts and
international tours.

Besides his wife, of Washington, survivors include their three
children, Brooke Carnot of London [England], Franklin L. "Lindsay"
Stroud III of Washington [DC] and Andrew W. Stroud of New York [New
York]; his mother, Lila Meyer of Somonauk; a brother; a stepsister;
and three grandchildren.

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