Physicians

Signed portrait of James Francis McKernon, MD. Dr. McKernon taught in the department of surgery at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. He served on the school’s board of directors for many years, including terms as board president in 1912, 1914, 1920, and 1928. Dr. McKernon also served as President of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital from 1920 to 1929.

Portrait of William Mabon, MD (1860-1917). Dr. Mabon received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1881. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in the Department of Psychiatry from 1910 to 1914.

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.

Signed portrait of the dermatologist Frank J. Lacksen, MD (1903-1963), inscribed “To Professor Howard Fox, my preceptor. With appreciation, Frank Lacksen.”

Signed portrait of William R. Moore, MD. Inscribed, “To Howard -- yours until the next war! Bill Moore, 4/15/1925."

Photograph of Wallace Brock Murphy, MD, seated at his desk. Dr. Murphy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1930.

Portrait of Frank Naaer, standing in military uniform. Inscribed, "To

Signed portrait of Malcolm Morris, MD (1849-1924). Inscribed "To Dr. Howard Fox, from Malcolm Morris, London, 1913." Morris founded the British Association of Dermatologists in 1920.

Photograph of Colin Munro MacLeod, MD (1909-1972), sitting in a laboratory, from p. 51 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. MacLeod was professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology of the New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1956. In 1944, Dr. MacLeod and his colleagues Dr. Avery and Dr. McCarthy showed that DNA is the sole material in the chromosomes which carries genetic information.

Photograph of Henry MacCormac, MD (1879-1950), seated on a bench beneath a tree. The inscription reads, “Near Munich, Sept. 1935. To Dr. Howard Fox, with kindest regards from Henry MacCormac.” Dr. MacCormac was an Irish dermatologist who worked and taught at Middlesex Hospital in London. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I.