Meyer J. Kutisker

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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.

Norton Nelson

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Portrait of Norton Nelson, MD (1910-1990). Dr. Nelson joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1947. From 1954 to 1979, he served as the first director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at New York University.

Harry Most

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Portrait of Harry Most, MD (1907-1994). Dr. Most received his MD from University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1931. He taught at New York University School of Medicine from 1941 to 1993, eventually serving as the Herman M. Biggs Professor of Preventive Medicine and the chair main of the Department of Preventive Medicine from 1953 to 1973. Dr. Most received the NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award in 1974. He was an original contributor to the study of tropical diseases, trichinosis, malaria, amebiasis, schistomiasis, leishmaniasis, and filariasis.

Julius R. Krevans

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Portrait of Julian Richard Krevans, MD (1924-2015). Dr. Krevans received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine in 1946. He was named Alumnus of the Year in 1978.

Dr. Krevans was an acclaimed internist, hematologist, teacher, and administrator. From 1971 to 1982, he served as Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. As Physician-in-Chief of Baltimore City Hospital from 1963 to 1969, he was responsible for transforming Baltimore City Hospital into one of the leading teaching hospitals in the United States.

Yale R. Nemerson

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Photograph of Yale R. Nemerson, MD (1931-2009). Dr. Nemerson received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine in 1960. He taught as the Philip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Nemerson received the Alumni Achievement Award from New York University School of Medicine in 1983.