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Charcoal portrait of John Osborn Polak, MD (1870-1931). The drawing is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner. Dr. Polak taught as Instructor and Professor at New York Post-Graduate Medical School from 1894 to 1907. He was the author of the “Manual of Obstetrics” (1913) and the “Student’s Manual of Gynecology” (1913).

Portrait of Burton C. D’Lugoff, MD. Dr. D’Lugoff received his MD. from New York University School of Medicine in 1957. He served as a Fellow in Pathology at the College of Medicine from 1957 to 1958. At the time this portrait was taken, he was the Directory of Community Medicine at Baltimore City Hospitals.

Portrait of Severo Ochoa, MD (1905-1993). Dr. Ochoa was appointed Research Associate at New York University School of Medicine in 1942, after which he became Assistant Professor of Biochemistry (1945), Professor of Pharmacology (1946), Professor of Biochemistry (1954), and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Ochoa was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in1959 for his discoveries in biochemical genetics and nucleic acids.

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 Dr. Ovary's's students Robert Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of dermatology at 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 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 Howard Troy Phillips, MD (1891-1949), in a sailor’s uniform. The picture is inscribed: “To Howard Fox, Lt. Colonel U. S. Army. from Howard T. Phillips H. A. [Hospital Apprentice] [?] U. S. Navy.” Phillips was a dermatologist and served in the United States Navy during the First World War.

Portrait of Everard Lawrence Oliver, MD (1876-1955), dressed in military uniform. The photograph is inscribed, “To Colonel Howard Fox with sincere regards, Everard Lawrence Oliver.” Dr. Oliver received his MD from Harvard Medical School and later taught there as a professor of dermatology. He also served as the chief dermatologist of the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Carte de visite portrait of Henry Drury Noyes, MD (1832-1900). Dr. Noyes was Professor of Ophthalmology at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1870 to 1898. He also authored a textbook on diseases of the eye.

Portrait of Emanuel M. Papper, MD (1915-2002). Dr. Papper received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1938. At the time of this photograph, he was serving as Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Miami. He was the 1974 recipient of the Medical Alumni Achievement Award from the New York University School of Medicine. Papper important work as an anesthesiologist included: leading investigator of hemodynamic effects of intravenous morphine and sodium pentathol; circulatory adjustments during spinal anesthesia; the use of human plasma in spinal anesthesia and nerve block therapy.