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Portrait of William E. Smith, MD (1914-2004), looking up from a microscope. While serving as an associate professor of industrial medicine at New York University College of Medicine, Dr. Smith led research on the presence of carcinogens in refining petroleum.

Photograph of Marion Baldur Sulzberger, MD (1895-1984), seated, with a patient and three medical students. The image was published in the 1952-53 Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Medical School.

Dr. Sulzberger became director of the New York Skin and Cancer Unit in 1947. From 1949 to 1960, he served as Professor of Dermatology and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical School. Dr. Sulzberger was named professor emeritus in 1960.

Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Dr. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps and earning a Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service.

Portrait of George Barclay Wallace, MD (1874-1948). Dr. Wallace served as Professor of Pharmacology and head of the Department of Pharmacology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University.

Formal full-length portrait of Homer William Smith, MD (1895-1962), as a young child. Dr. Smith was Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine from 1928 to 1961. His scholarship on renal physiology transformed the field, and in 1951 he published The Kidney: Structure and Function in Health and Disease.

Portrait of Homer William Smith, MD (1895-1962). Dr. Smith was Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine from 1928 to 1961. His scholarship on renal physiology transformed the field, and in 1951 he published The Kidney: Structure and Function in Health and Disease.

Portrait of Marion Baldur Sulzberger, MD (1895-1984), from p. 60 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Sulzberger became director of the New York Skin and Cancer Unit in 1947. From 1949 to 1960, he served as Professor of Dermatology and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical School. Dr. Sulzberger was named professor emeritus in 1960.

Portrait of George Barclay Wallace, MD (1874-1948). Dr. Wallace served as Professor of Pharmacology and head of the Department of Pharmacology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University.

Portrait of William Emery Studdiford, Jr., MD (1897–1964) seated at his desk. Dr. Studdiford received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Center in 1922. He was appointed professor and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University College of Medicine in 1933. Dr. Studdiford was also the director of Bellevue Hospital’s obstetrical and gynecological service for 19 years.

Portrait of Douglas Symmers, MD (1879-1952), with the inscription “To Chubby and Clarence-Douglas Symmers.” Dr. Symmers served as Professor of Gross Pathology at New York University College of Medicine from 1934 to 1945. He also served as the Director of Laboratories at Bellevue Hospital.