Richard Lightburn Sutton

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Portrait of Richard Lightburn Sutton, MD (1878-1952). The photograph is inscribed, “For Dr. Howard Fox, with the good wishes of Richard Sutton, 6/20/25.” Dr. Sutton was an important American dermatologist, known among other things for his identification of Sutton’s disease (canker sores).

Samuel Standard

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Image of Samuel Standard, MD (1899-1970) from p. 50 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Standard received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University in 1924. He was appointed professor of Clinical Surgery at New York University School of Medicine in 1962.

Lewis Thomas

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Image of Lewis Thomas, MD (1913-1993) standing in his office, wearing a lab coat, and holding a pipe. Dr. Thomas served as the Dean of the New York University School of Medicine from 1966 to 1969.