Group portraits

Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), who organized the dinner meeting at which Pathology Department Chairman Chandler Stetson invited Michael Heidelberger, the father of immuno-chemistry, to work at NYU. Ovary and Heidelberger are shown here with Zoltan's students Robert Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of Yale and Domenico Mancino (R), who became director of the University of Naples. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959.

Photograph of Meyer J. Kutisker, MD, receiving a Presidential Citation from James M. Hester, President of NYU. Dr. Kutisker received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1917. He taught as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York University College of Medicine.

Photograph of the dedication ceremony for a painted portrait of Richard M. Hyman, MD, taken in the study room of the medical school library. Dr. Hyman received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1941. The inscription on the plaque of the painting reads, “In fond memory of Richard M. Hyman, MD, 1915-1967, President, Centennial Class of 1941. Presented by his classmates.”

Pictured (left to right): Dr. Philip Leif, Eric Hyman, Dr. Hyman's widow Mrs. Patricia Hyman, Jeffrey Hyman, Mr. Gilbert Clausman.

Photograph of Michael Heidelberger, MD (1888-1991), left, shaking hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, as the president awards Dr. Heidelberger the National Medal of Science. Dr. Donald F. Hornig, head of the White House Office of Science and Technology, stands in the background. Dr. Heidelberger taught at the New York University School of Medicine as Adjunct Professor of Pathology from 1964 to 1991.

Photograph of (from left to right) William E. Bunney, Michael Heidelberger, and Edward R. Isaacs at a luncheon at Squibb Park for the dedication of the Department of Microbiology at Rutgers University. Dr. Heidelberger taught at the New York University School of Medicine as Adjunct Professor of Pathology from 1964 to 1991.

Photograph of John Frederick Erdmann, MD (1864-1954), at the dedication ceremony for the Erdmann Surgical Auditorium at the Post-Graduate Medical School. Dr. Erdmann (seated in wheelchair) is shown with Dr. J. William Hinton, Professor and Chairman of Surgery of the Post-Graduate Medical School, and Dr. Edward M. Bernecker, adminstrator. Dr. Erdmann received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887. He taught as Professor of Practical Anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1895 to 1899.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with Ms. Lucretia McClure, membership chair of the Medical Library Association, and Ms. Erika Love, President-Elect, at a reception for new and international members of the MLA.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with Ms. Rita Sue Kane, chair of the Program Committee of the Medical Library Association, at an MLA meeting in Hawaii.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Photograph taken behind the scenes of the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

From left to right: Herb Fleet, Vice President of Medical Communications, Inc. and Account Executive for Eli Lilly’s & Co.; Wes Kenney, the Director of the telecast (DuMont); Al Molinaro, Promotion and Production Director for Medical Communications; his son; Bob Emerick, Narrator; Morris Mayers, Director of Closed Circuit Division of DuMont; Ed Rasp, TV Program Director for Medical Communications; Eric Herud, Chief Facilities Engineer for DuMont; Steve Olshewski, Vice President of Paul Klemtner and Co. and Executive Vice President of Medical Communications, and Paul Klemtner.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

A lot of favorable chit chat between Paul Klemtner and others. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.