Portraits

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. William K. Ford. Very soft image.

Portrait of John Addison Fordyce, MD (1858-1925). Dr. Fordyce taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Assistant to the Department of Venereal Diseases (1889-1890) and Assistant to Department of Genito-Urinary Diseases (1890-1893) before becoming Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology (1893-1913).

Portrait of Hermann Michael Biggs, MD (1859-1923). Dr. Biggs received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883, after which he interned at Bellevue Hospital from 1883 to 1884. His career at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (later University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College) spanned from 1884 to 1923. Dr. Biggs taught across a variety of medical disciplines, including Pathological Anatomy, Therapeutics and Clinical Medicine, and Principles and Practice of Medicine. He received world-wide recognition for his contributions to public health, concentrating on the application of the science of bacteriology to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. One of his many achievements was the establishment of the New York City Board of Health Laboratory.

Portrait of Robert Boggs, MD (1893-1967). Dr. Boggs taught at the New York University College of Medicine from 1945 to 1955. He also served as Assistant Dean of the College of Medicine and Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School.

Head and shoulders photograph of John Canary. Mounted in cardboard. Signed "John Canary" and on back, "With Compliments of John Canary" Ink stain near mouth of subject.

Portrait of Robert Boggs, MD (1893-1967). Dr. Boggs taught at the New York University College of Medicine from 1945 to 1955. He also served as Assistant Dean of the College of Medicine and Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School.

Signed portrait of Joseph V. Brumlik, MD, inscribed “To [E.C.] Libman, In great Esteem and Profound Admiration.” Dr. Brumlik taught at New York University College of Medicine as an Instructor in Clinical Medicine (1945-1948), Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (1948-1959), and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (1959-1979).

Portrait of Theresa Bischoff, MD. Dr. Bischoff served as Clinical Professor of Health Care Management at New York University School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004.

Portrait of Robert Boggs, MD (1893-1967). Dr. Boggs taught at the New York University College of Medicine from 1945 to 1955. He also served as Assistant Dean of the College of Medicine and Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School.

Portrait of Frederick Fenimore Becker, MD. Dr. Becker received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1956. He taught in the Pathology Department at the New York University School of Medicine from 1957 to 1976. Dr. Becker later became Vice President for Research at the University of Texas System’s Cancer Center.