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Portrait of Edward Loomis Pratt, MD (1858-1937). Dr. Pratt received his MD from University Medical College in 1884.

Photograph of Louis M. Rousselot, MD (1902-1974), from p. 49 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Rousselot served as Professor of Clinical Surgery at New York University Medical School from 1948 to 1967. In 1968 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. In 1970 he became Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health and the Environment. From 1971 to 1973, he held the role of special assistant to the National Institutes of Health.

Portrait of Edwin Ashley Salmon. Salmon served as the first Director of the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center from 1947-1953. He was chairman of the NY City Planning Commission at the time of his appointment, as well as chairman of the Hospital Council of Greater New York.

Photograph of Royal Albert Schaaf, MD, standing at a podium during an Alumni Day event in February 1959. Dr. Schaaf received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1913.

Portrait of Henri Gougerot, MD (1881-1955), inscribed in French to Dr. Howard Fox. The inscription reads, “À mon collègue et ami le Professeur Howard Fox. Cordial souvenir de son [illegible.] Prof. Gougerot.” [“To my colleague and friend, the Professor Howard Fox. Cordial memory of his [illegible]. Prof. Gougerot.”] Dr. Gougerot was a famous French dermatologist. From 1928 to 1952, he served as professor and chair of the Clinic of Dermatology and Syphilology of the Faculté de Médecine, Université de Paris.

Signed portrait of [?] [O?vanheim], MD, inscribed, “To Dr. Howard Fox with the best regards, Prof [O?vanheim]. Vienna 6/VII 1931.”

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Portrait of Willard Parker, MD (1800-1884). Parker was one of the founders of the New York Academy of Medicine and became president of the Academy in 1856. He taught as Professor of Surgery at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons for more than thirty years, beginning in 1839.

Portrait of Frances Pascher, MD (1905-1983). From 1949 to 1972, Dr. Pascher taught in the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical School. She then held the role of Professor Emeritus from 1972 until her death in 1983.

Image of Maxwell Herbert Poppel, MD (1903-1994) from p. 60 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Poppel received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1927. He was a celebrated radiologist, serving as chairman of the American Institute of Radiology, and the author of a classic textbook on diseases of the pancreas. Poppel was also an outstanding contributor to knowledge of iodine metabolism and insulin antibodies.

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).