Photographs

Portrait of Stuart Franklin Schlossman, MD (1935-2023). Dr. Schlossman received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1958. He later became the Chief of the Division of Tumor Immunology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA.

Portrait of Robert Stewart Schwartz, MD (1928-2017). Dr. Schwartz received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1954. He later became Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and served as Chief of the Division of Hematology at Tufts Medical Center for nearly three decades.

Portrait of Matthew D. Scharff, MD. Dr. Scharff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1959. Dr. Scharff taught at Albert Einstein College of Medicine as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology, Director of the Division of Biological Sciences, and Assistant Director of the Cancer Center. He developed a new approach to the exploration of the structure and function of immunoglobins.

Photographic reproduction of a painting of Harold Dickinson Senior, MD (1870-1938), by artist George R. Boynton. The photograph is inscribed, “To John Wyckoff with the affectionate regards of H. D. Senior.” Dr. Senior served as Professor of Anatomy at New York University College of Medicine from 1910 until his death in 1938.

Signed portrait of Sigmund Pollitzer, MD (1859-1937), in military uniform. Dr. Pollitzer taught as Professor of Dermatology at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School from 1895 to 1915. He served as president of the American Dermatological Association and was one of the founders of the Society for Investigative Dermatology.

Portrait of Frances Pascher, MD (1905-1983). From 1949 to 1972, Dr. Pascher taught in the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical School. She then held the role of Professor Emeritus from 1972 until her death in 1983.

Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), in his lab with visiting high school students. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959. While at NYU, working with Baruj Benacerraf and others, he discovered the “carrier-effect,” i.e., the same carrier protein for the foreign substance must be used in subsequent immunizations to produce the maximum number of antibodies; and the once controversial, but for now fundamental concept that there are different classes of antibodies with different biological properties.

Photograph of William Hallock Park, MD (1863-1939), working at his desk. Dr. Park taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene from 1897 to 1898. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1898-1899), Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1899-1900), and Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1900-).

Portrait of William Hallock Park, MD (1863-1939). Dr. Park taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene from 1897 to 1898. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1898-1899), Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1899-1900), and Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1900-).

Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), demonstrating one of his key contributions to immunology, the Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis (PCA) reaction, in the 1960s. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959. While at NYU, working with Baruj Benacerraf and others, he discovered the “carrier-effect,” i.e., the same carrier protein for the foreign substance must be used in subsequent immunizations to produce the maximum number of antibodies; and the once controversial, but for now fundamental concept that there are different classes of antibodies with different biological properties.