James E. McCormack

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Portrait of James Edward McCormack, MD. Dr. McCormack received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939. He was later the Assistant Dean of New York University College of Medicine and the Assistant Director of Post-Graduate Division in the 1940s.

Luther B. MacKenzie

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Portrait of Luther Burns MacKenzie, MD, inscribed, “Faithfully yours, Luther B. MacKenzie.” Dr. MacKenzie received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1904. He joined the faculty of New York University College of Medicine in 1911. In 1947, he received the NYU Alumni Meritorious Service Medal.

Donald V. Moore

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Image of Donald V. Moore, MD (1915-2009), from p. 39 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Moore taught in the Department of Preventative Medicine at the New York University College of Medicine. He also served as parasitologist to Bellevue Hospital from 1947 to 1955.

Mary C. McLaughlin

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Portrait of Mary Culhane McLaughlin, MD (1920-2014). Dr. McLaughlin received her MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1946. A leader in public health and preventive medicine, she served as New York City Commissioner of the Department of Health from 1969 to 1972 and became Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine at Long Island Jewish Hospital in 1976. Dr. McLaughlin received the NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award in 1977. She was the recipient of the Governor W. Averell Harriman Award for Public Service in 1958.

Henry Sherwood Lawrence

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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.

Hans Horst Meyer

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Portrait of Hans Horst Meyer, MD (1853-1939), inscribed to Dr. Emanuel Libman in November 1929. Dr. Meyer was a German pharmacologist, most famous for his discovery of the Meyer-Overton hypothesis of anesthetics.