Portraits

Portrait of Otto Loewi, MD (1873-1961). Dr. Loewi was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 for his work on acetylcholine. A refugee of the Second World War, he was invited to join the NYU Department of Pharmacology as Research Professor in 1940.

Signed portrait of Edward Graham-Little, MD (1867-1950). Inscribed “To my friend, Howard Fox, of New York, with best wishes from E. Graham-Little." Graham-Little was an eminent dermatologist in Britain. He served as Member of Parliament for London University from 1924 to 1950.

Head and shoulders portrait of V. Lenar, signed and dated, 1916.

Portrait of Egbert Le Fevre, MD (1858-1914). Dr. Le Fevre received his MD from University Medical College in 1883. He taught as Adjunct Professor of Practice of Medicine (1895-1898), Associate Professor of Therapeutics (1898-1905), Professor of Physical Diagnosis & Diseases of the Chest (1898-1905), and Professor of Clinical Medicine (1905-). From 1898 to 1914, he served as Dean of the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. The medical school library was named after him.

Portrait of Emanuel Libman, MD. The inscription reads: "To Bullowa, with my appreciation and best wishes. Emanuel Libman, October 15th, 1932. Dr. Libman was a cardiologist who practiced and taught at a number of institutions in New York and Europe, including Mt. Sinai Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He and Benjamin Sacks isolated Libman-Sacks endocarditis in 1924.

NYU Medical Archives holds a collection of photographs sent to Libman by friends and colleagues.

Portrait of A.J. Markley, signed, "A.J. Markley, [Denver, ?]."

Portrait of Walter Levy, MD. Dr. Levy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. He served as the Alumni Association President from 1951 to 1952.

Portrait of Osceola Currier McEwen, MD (1902-2003), better known as Currier McEwen. Dr. McEwen received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1926. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Medicine from 1932 to 1933, and at the NYU College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine from 1933 to 1939. Dr. McEwen made major breakthroughs in the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism, clinical, pathologic, immunologic studies of rheumatic fever, systemic lupus erythematosus and various types of arthritis.

Head and shoulders portrait of T.E. Lenear, seated at angle. Inscribed, "With kindest regards, T.E. Lenear."

Portrait of Walter Levy, MD. Dr. Levy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. He served as the Alumni Association President from 1951 to 1952.