Historic Images

Portrait of Clarence E. de la Chapelle, MD (1898-1987). Dr. De la Chapelle received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1922. He joined the faculty of the medical school in 1925, where he remained for the duration of his career as a leading cardiologist. Dr. De la Chapelle held various leadership roles at the medical school, including serving as Assistant Dean and Associate Dean from 1943-1948, and as Associate Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School from 1948-1963. On February 18, 1971, the Bellevue Hospital Medical library was named for, and dedicated, to Dr. Clarence E. de la Chapelle. In 1983, he endowed the NYU Medical Library Archives in memory of his late wife of 51 years, the former Lillian Buckmann.

Portrait of Saul Joseph Farber, MD (1918-2006). Dr. Farber received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1942. He spent his career at the New York University College, and later School, of Medicine as a professor of Medicine from 1948 to 2000. Dr. Farber served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Medicine from 1962 to 1963, Acting Dean of the School of Medicine and Acting Deputy Director of Medical Center from 1963 to 1966, and Chairman of the Department of Medicine from 1966 to 2000. He also held the titled professorships of Nathan Friedman Professor of Medicine (1966-1975) and Frederick H. King Professor of Internal Medicine (1978-2000).

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with future president and executive director of the Medical Library Association, Ann Elizabeth Kerker, at the post-inaugural party of the 1977 MLA meeting in Seattle, WA.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) giving the inaugural address at the 1977 Medical Library Association annual meeting in Seattle, WA.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Illustration of Dr. D. T. Davis

Signed portrait of Austin Flint, III, MD (1868-1955). Dr. Flint received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1889. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Assistant to the Chair of Physiology (1889-1892), Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics (1893-1895), Professor of Obstetrics (1895-1897), and Professor of Obstetrics and Clinical Midwifery (1897-1898). Dr. Flint then taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (1898-1924), Professor of Obstetrics (1924-1933), and Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics (1933-1955).

Photograph of Richard Charles DeBodo, 1896-1965, Professor of Pharmacology. Endocrinologist and Physiologist. <p>Dr. DeBodo was born and educated in Hungary. His thirty-six years of association with New York University began in 1929. Known for his studies of the pharmacology of morphine, cardiac drugs, hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and more recently on the effects of insulin and growth hormone on carbohydrate and fat metabolism.<p> This photograph is mounted on hard board (1 copy slide, 1 copy print mounted on foam core). Office of Public Information.

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Bernard N. Fields, Class of 1962. Dr. Fields was the recipient of the 1982 Alumni Achievement Award.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with future president and executive director of the Medical Library Association, Ann Elizabeth Kerker, at the 1977 MLA meeting in Seattle, WA.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with the sign announcing his inaugural address at the 1977 Medical Library Association annual meeting in Seattle, WA.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.