Photographs

Photograph of a painting 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.

Photographic reproduction of a painting of Joseph Lister, MD (1827-1912). The painting, from 1895, is by John Henry Lorimer. Dr. Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

Portrait of Samuel Leidesdorf (1881-1968). Mr. Leidesdorf joined the board of the New York University Medical Center in 1948, initially serving as the Chair of the Building Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1956 until his death in 1968.

Reproduction of a painting of Samuel Leidesdorf (1881-1968). Mr. Leidesdorf joined the board of the New York University Medical Center in 1948, initially serving as the Chair of the Building Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1956 until his death in 1968.

Portrait of Leopold Lichtwitz, MD (1876-1943). In 1919, Dr. Litchwitz became the head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hamburg’s Altona Municipal Hospital. He eventually became director of the hospital. In 1931, he became director of Berlin’s Rudolf Virchow Hospital. He was removed from his post by the Nazi regime in 1933. After emigrating to the United States, Dr. Lichtwitz became director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Montefiore Hospital.

View of Ltl. Ligeshi (seated), inscribed to Dr. Libman "with warmest regards" on April 11, 1934. Dimensions are for image only.

Photograph of Henry Sherwood Lawrence, MD (1916-2004), seated in a classroom. Dr. Lawrence received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. He joined the faculty of NYU School of Medicine in 1949 and taught there for more than 50 years. Dr. Lawrence was a leader in delineating the functions of the lymphocyte in cell-mediated immunologic processes. Among his many achievements, he served as director of the NYU AIDS Research Center from1989 to 1994.

Photograph of Dr. Moth (first name not available). Inscribed, "To his dear friend and colleague, Dr. Howard Fox, Dr. Moth, August 1930."

Photograph of John Hugh Mulholland, MD (1900-1974) instructing in the amphitheater at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Mulholland received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1925. He later became Professor of Surgery at NYU Medical College. Dr. Mulholland is noted for his research in the metabolic aspects of surgery and diseases of the pancreaticoduodenal area.

Photograph of Wallace Brock Murphy, MD, seated at his desk. Dr. Murphy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1930.