Historic Images

Portrait of Walter Levy, MD. Dr. Levy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. He served as the Alumni Association President from 1951 to 1952.

Portrait of Otto Loewi, MD (1873-1961). Dr. Loewi was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his work on acetylcholine. A refugee of the Second World War, he was invited to join the NYU Department of Pharmacology as Research Professor in 1940.

Image of Milton Levy, MD, from p. 34 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Levy joined the faculty of the New York University Medical College in 1930. From 1956 to 1970, he served as the chairman of the biochemistry department at New York University Dental School.

Portrait of James Edward McCormack, MD. Dr. McCormack received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939. He was later the Assistant Dean of New York University College of Medicine and the Assistant Director of Post-Graduate Division in the 1940s.

Portrait of Luther Burns MacKenzie, MD, inscribed, “Faithfully yours, Luther B. MacKenzie.” Dr. MacKenzie received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1904. He joined the faculty of New York University College of Medicine in 1911. In 1947, he received the NYU Alumni Meritorious Service Medal.

Portrait of [?] [Ligeshi], MD, inscribed, “To Dr. E. Libman, with the warmest regards of [?] [Ligeshi], April [11], 1934.”

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A photo of Dr. Liebowitz, used in the 1954 Medical Violet on p.47.

Image of Donald V. Moore, MD (1915-2009), from p. 39 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Moore taught in the Department of Preventative Medicine at the New York University College of Medicine. He also served as parasitologist to Bellevue Hospital from 1947 to 1955.

Portrait of Mary Culhane McLaughlin, MD (1920-2014). Dr. McLaughlin received her MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1946. A leader in public health and preventive medicine, she served as New York City Commissioner of the Department of Health from 1969 to 1972 and became Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine at Long Island Jewish Hospital in 1976. Dr. McLaughlin received the NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award in 1977. She was the recipient of the Governor W. Averell Harriman Award for Public Service in 1958.

Portrait of Louis Lipton, MD. Dr. Lipton received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1916.