Zoltan Ovary

Zoltan Ovary
Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), who organized the dinner meeting at which Pathology Department Chairman Chandler Stetson invited Michael Heidelberger, the father of immuno-chemistry, to work at NYU. Ovary and Heidelberger are shown here with Dr. Ovary's's students Robert Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of dermatology at Yale and Domenico Mancino (R), who became director of the University of Naples. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959.

Zoltan Ovary

Zoltan Ovary
Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, MD (1907-2005), in his lab with visiting high school students. Dr. Ovary became a member of the New York University School of Medicine faculty in 1959. While at NYU, working with Baruj Benacerraf and others, he discovered the “carrier-effect,” i.e., the same carrier protein for the foreign substance must be used in subsequent immunizations to produce the maximum number of antibodies; and the once controversial, but for now fundamental concept that there are different classes of antibodies with different biological properties.

NYU School of Medicine - Class of 1944

NYU School of Medicine - Class of 1944
Group portrait of the New York University College of Medicine class of 1944, taken during their third year. When the United States entered World War II, NYU College of Medicine compressed its normal four-year MD program into three years, and almost all the College’s male students enrolled in the United States Army or Navy. Enlisted students served on active duty while in school in return for a small salary of approximately $21/month, a stipend for room and board, and paid tuition. Upon graduation, students were expected to enter the United States Army Reserve for the duration of their medical internships.