Image of Morris Herman, MD (1906-1987), seated at his desk, from p. 56 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Herman received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1930. He taught at the New York University College of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry from 1935 to 1979, eventually holding the title of Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry (1949-1979) and Acting Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology.