Portrait of Norma C. Styron, MS (1898-1954) from p. 43 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Styron served as an instructor of microbiology and biomedical researcher at the New York University College of Medicine for 25 years.
Portrait of George David Stewart, MD (1862-1907), reproduced from an illustration in the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Dr. Stewart received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1889. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Lecturer of Anatomy (1895-1896), Adjunct Professor of Anatomy (1896-1897), and Professor of Anatomy (1897-1898). He became Professor of Anatomy at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University in 1898 and Professor of Clinical Surgery in 1899.
Photograph of a bust of Walter Reed, MD (1851-1902), located at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the campus of Bronx Community College. Dr. Reed received his first MD from the University of Virginia and 1869 and his second from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1873. His important work includes his research on the transmission of yellow fever during his time as a physician in the U.S. Army.
Photograph of Bertha Rader, MD (1911-2011). Dr. Rader began her medical career as an EKG technician at Bellevue Hospital. After graduating from the New York University School of Medicine in 1945, Dr. Rader became Chief of the Cardiac Clinic, and ran the electrocardiography service at Bellevue Hospital for decades. She held the title of Associate Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine until 2000.
Illustration of Isaac Newton Quimby, MD (1831-1898). Dr. Quimby received his MD from University Medical College in 1859. He served as a surgeon in the United States Army from 1861 to 1865.
Photograph of Louis M. Rousselot, MD (1902-1974), from p. 49 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Rousselot served as Professor of Clinical Surgery at New York University Medical School from 1948 to 1967. In 1968 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. In 1970 he became Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health and the Environment. From 1971 to 1973, he held the role of special assistant to the National Institutes of Health.
Image of Maxwell Herbert Poppel, MD (1903-1994) from p. 60 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Poppel received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1927. He was a celebrated radiologist, serving as chairman of the American Institute of Radiology, and the author of a classic textbook on diseases of the pancreas. Poppel was also an outstanding contributor to knowledge of iodine metabolism and insulin antibodies.
Image of Alwin Max Pappenheimer, Jr., MD (1908-1995), on p. 42 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. In 1941, Dr. Pappenheimer joined the faculty of the Department of Microbiology at New York University College of Medicine. He served as assistant professor (1941-1946), associate professor (1946-1949), professor (1949-1958), and chair of the Department of Microbiology (1956-1958).
Image of Jesse Waring Mahoney, MD, from p. 51 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Mahoney received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1940. He served as chief of surgery at Bellevue Hospital Center for 20 years.
Image of Milton Levy, MD, from p. 34 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Levy joined the faculty of the New York University Medical College in 1930. From 1956 to 1970, he served as the chairman of the biochemistry department at New York University Dental School.