Robert S. Schwartz

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Portrait of Robert Stewart Schwartz, MD (1928-2017). Dr. Schwartz received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1954. He later became Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and served as Chief of the Division of Hematology at Tufts Medical Center for nearly three decades.

John Henry Rowland

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Portrait of John Henry Rowland, MD. Dr. Rowland received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1919. In the late 1940s, he was the vice-chairman of a New Jersey alumni fundraising campaign for the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Matthew D. Scharff

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Portrait of Matthew D. Scharff, MD. Dr. Scharff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1959. Dr. Scharff taught at Albert Einstein College of Medicine as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology, Director of the Division of Biological Sciences, and Assistant Director of the Cancer Center. He developed a new approach to the exploration of the structure and function of immunoglobins.

Louis M. Rousselot

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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.

Edwin Ashley Salmon

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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.

Professor Pouferor

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Three-quarter head-and-shoulders view of Dr. Pouferor, a French colleague of Dr. Howard Fox. Photo is inscribed in French, "a mon collegue et ami le Professeur Howard Fox - cordial souvenir de son d....(?)" Dimensions are for image only.

Frances Pascher

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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.

Maxwell H. Poppel

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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.