Graham Lusk

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Portrait of Graham Lusk, MD (1866-1932), as a young man, taken at Bachrach Studios. Dr. Lusk became Professor of Physiology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1898.

Solomon A. Berson

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Portrait of Solomon A. Berson, MD (1918-1972). Dr. Berson received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1945. With his research partner Rosalyn Yarow, he developed the radioimmunoassay. Berson also researched blood volume measurement with radioisotopes, kinetics of iodine metabolism, and thyroid function. In his honor, the New York University School of Medicine created the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Awards in 1979.