Historic Images

Portrait of David H. Goldstein, MD (1908-1978). Dr. Goldstein taught at the New York University College of Medicine and later School of Medicine from 1936 to 1974 in the fields of Preventive Medicine, Industrial Medicine, and Environmental Medicine. He was the acting director for the Department of Environmental Medicine and the Institute of Environmental Medicine from 1966 to 1967.

Head and shoulders photograph of J. Geopolftris. Matted and inscribed, "To Dr. Howard Fox, With Best Wishes, Professor J. Geopolftris [Wien Oktober 29 1931]."

Photograph of H. Hallopeay seated, holding book. Inscribed with message in [French] to Howard Fox.

Carte de visite portrait of John Frederick Erdmann, MD (1864-1954). Dr. Erdmann received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887. He taught as Professor of Practical Anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1895 to 1899.

Carte de visite portrait of Gasper Griswold, MD. Dr. Griswold received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1879. He taught in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College Third Division as Assistant to the Chair of Diseases of the Nervous System (1880-1884) and Demonstrator of Anatomy (1884-1886).

Portrait of Charles Gottlieb, MD (1886-1960). Dr. Gottlieb received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. He was on the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine from 1933 to 1952, teaching in the Department of Radiology. From 1947 to 1949, he was Acting Chairman of the Department of Radiology, and from 1948 until his retirement in 1953, he served as Chair. He held the title of Professor Emeritus of Radiology from his retirement in 1952 to his death in 1960.

Page from a book or booklet, with oval portrait of Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher, MD (1854-1918). Inscribed, “A mon cher confrere le Dr. Howard Fox—affectueux souvenir Ern. Gaucher, Mai 1916.” Dr. Gaucher was a French dermatologist, known for his identification and description of the genetic disorder now known as Gaucher’s disease. A teacher, writer, and researcher specializing in venereal disease, he also received the Legion of Honour for his medical service during World War I.

Photograph of John W. Hall, MD (1907-1957), from p. 40 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Hall taught at the College of Medicine as Instructor in Pathology (1938-1944), National Cancer Institute Fellow in Cancer Research (1938-1939), Dean W. Horace Hoskins Fellow in Comparative Pathology (1939-1941), Assistant Professor of Pathology (1944-1949), Associate Professor of Pathology (1949-1954), and Professor of Pathology (1954-1957).

Photograph of Ludwig Eichna, MD, at work in lab, name printed below image. Dr. Eichna taught at the New York University College of Medicine as an Instructor in Medicine (1940-1941), Assistant Professor of Medicine (1941-1946), Associate Professor of Medicine (1946-1957), and Professor of Medicine (1957-1960). He then went on to serve as chairman of the Department of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center from 1960 to 1974.

Portrait of Menas Sarkas Gregory, MD (1872-1941). Dr. Gregory taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Medical Diseases (1918-1924) and Professor of Psychiatry (1924-1937) before becoming Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at New York University College of Medicine (1937-1941).