Historic Images

Portrait of Frank Naaer, standing in military uniform. Inscribed, "To

Profile portrait of Dr. Malcohm Morris. Inscribed, "To Dr. Howard Fox, from Malcolm Morris, London, 1913."

Photograph of Colin M. MacLeod, M.D., 1909-1972, Professor and Chairman of Department. Dr. MacLeod, along with coworkers Avery and McCarthy, in 1944 showed that DNA was the one and only material in the chromosomes which carries genetic information. Pictured sitting in laboratory, photo from the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook, page 51.

Landscape and Portrait photograph of Henry MacCosmac, taken near Munich, inscribed, "TO Dr. Howard Fox, with kindest regards from, Henry MacCosmac.

Photograph of Meyer J. Kutisker, MD, receiving a Presidential Citation from James M. Hester, President of NYU. Dr. Kutisker received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1917. He taught as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York University College of Medicine.

Signed portrait of Ignatz Leo Nascher, MD (1863-1944). Dr. Nascher received his MD from University Medical College in 1885. He coined the term “geriatrics.”

Portrait of Norton Nelson, MD (1910-1990). Dr. Nelson joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1947. From 1954 to 1979, he served as the first director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at New York University.

Portrait of Harry Most, MD (1907-1994). Dr. Most received his MD from University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1931. He taught at New York University School of Medicine from 1941 to 1993, eventually serving as the Herman M. Biggs Professor of Preventive Medicine and the chair main of the Department of Preventive Medicine from 1953 to 1973. Dr. Most received the NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award in 1974. He was an original contributor to the study of tropical diseases, trichinosis, malaria, amebiasis, schistomiasis, leishmaniasis, and filariasis.

Photograph of W. Ross McCarthy, at work in lab coat, Faculty. Photo taken from the 1954 Violet, page 49.

Portrait of Henry Mitchell MacCracken, DD, LLD (1840-1918). MacCracken was the sixth chancellor of New York University from 1891 to 1910. Caption printed below photograph reads: “Member, 1885-, President and Trustee, 1900-”