Portraits

Signed portrait of Joseph Victor Klauder, MD, in military uniform. Inscribed “To Colonel Howard Fox, with pleasant recollections of Base Hospital, Camp Upton, and of Ward E4, Joseph Victor Klauder.” Dr. Klauder was an American dermatologist based out of Philadelphia, PA.

Portrait of Edgar Hunt, MD (1857-1907). Dr. Hunt received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1878.

Portrait of Walter James Highman, MD (1879-1934), in military uniform. The photograph is inscribed, “To my good friend and frequent traveling companion Howard Fox, Walter James Highman, May 10/22.” Dr. Highman served as Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1928 to 1931.

Portrait of George Hughes Kirby, MD (1875-1935). Dr. Kirby taught in the Department of Psychiatry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1914-1918.

Portrait of William Neill Hubbard, Jr., MD (1919-2018). Dr. Hubbard received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1944. A leader in medical education and the research and production of pharmaceuticals, he served as president of the Pharmaceutical Division of The Upjohn Company from 1974 to 1984.

Portrait of J. William Hinton, MD (1894-1973). Dr. Hinton taught as an Instructor in Surgery at University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1932 to 1941. He then taught at the New York University College of Medicine as Clinical Instructor in Surgery (1941-1944), Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (1944-1948), Professor of Clinical Surgery (1948-1949), and Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department (1949-1959). He also served as the director of the 4th Surgical Division, Bellevue Hospital.

Portrait of Abraham Jacobi, MD (1830-1919), signed “Yours cordially, A. Jacobi.” Dr. Jacobi taught at University Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Children from 1867 to 1870. The first director of this specialty at Bellevue, Dr. Jacobi is known today as the “father of American pediatrics.” He served twice as president of the American Pediatrics Association.

Signed portrait of Lloyd U. [Kahn], inscribed “To Howard Fox, with affectionate regards, Lloyd U. [Kahn].”

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Portrait of Abraham Jacobi, MD (1830-1919), in profile. Dr. Jacobi taught at University Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Children from 1867 to 1870. The first director of this specialty at Bellevue, Dr. Jacobi is known today as the “father of American pediatrics.” He served twice as president of the American Pediatrics Association.

Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Dr. 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.