Sepia print

Signed portrait of Arthur Mullin Wright, MD (1879-1948). Dr. Wright joined the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery in 1908. From 1933 to 1946, he held the role of George David Stewart Professor of Surgery and chairman of the department. He served as Emeritus Professor of Surgery from his retirement in 1946 until his death in 1948.

Portrait of Arthur Mullin Wright, MD (1879-1948). Dr. Wright joined the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery in 1908. From 1933 to 1946, he held the role of George David Stewart Professor of Surgery and chairman of the department. He served as Emeritus Professor of Surgery from his retirement in 1946 until his death in 1948.

Signed carte de visite portrait of Joel Williston Wright, MD (1840-1912). Dr. Wright taught at University Medical College as a University Lecturer in Surgery (1875-1876) and Obstetrics (1876), Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women (1876-1879), and Professor of Principles, Practice, and Operations of Surgery (1879-1888).

Portrait of John Henry Wyckoff, Jr., MD (1881-1937). Dr. Wyckoff received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. His long career at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College spanned from 1910 to 1937. From 1932 to 1937 he served as Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical School.

Image of Sigmund L. Wilens, MD, seated at his desk, on p. 40 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Wilens became Professor of Pathology at New York University College of Medicine in 1934. He also held the role of Director of Pathology at Bellevue Hospital from 1949 to 1955.

Portrait of John Henry Wyckoff, Jr., MD (1881-1937) seated at his desk. Dr. Wyckoff received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. His long career at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College spanned from 1910 to 1937. From 1932 to 1937 he served as Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical School.

Portrait of Fred Wise, MD (1881-1950). Dr. Wise served as the clinical chief of the Skin and Cancer Unit of New York Post-Graduate Hospital until his retirement in 1947.

Photograph of a painted portrait of John Henry Wyckoff, Jr., MD (1881-1937). Dr. Wyckoff received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. His long career at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College spanned from 1910 to 1937. From 1932 to 1937 he served as Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical School.

Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Dr. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps and earning a Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service.

Formal full-length portrait of Homer William Smith, MD (1895-1962), as a young child. Dr. Smith was Professor of Physiology and Director of the Physiological Laboratories at New York University School of Medicine from 1928 to 1961. His scholarship on renal physiology transformed the field, and in 1951 he published The Kidney: Structure and Function in Health and Disease.