Zoltan Ovary

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Photograph of Zoltan Ovary, who organized the dinner meeting at which Pathology Department Chairman Chandler Stetson invited Michael Heidelberger, the father of immuno-chemistry, to work at NYU. The two men are shown here with Zoltan's students Bob Tigelaar (L), who became a professor of Yale and Domenico Mancino (R), who became director of the University of Naples.

William Alexander Hammond

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Photograph of William Alexander Hammond, 1828-1900, Graduate of the University Medical College 1848; Surgeon General U.S. Army from 1862-1864; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Psychiatry, 1867-1873; New York University College of Medicine, Neurology and Psychiatry, 1874-1882.<p> Pioneer in nervous and mental diseases and author of the first textbook on nervous diseases in the English language, 1871. (2 copy prints mounted on hard board; 1 copy slide; 1 copy negative)

NYU School of Medicine - Class of 1944

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Photograph of the Class of 1944, taken during their 3rd year. With the beginning of World War II, NYU College of Medicine compressed its normal four year M.D. program into three years, and almost all male students enrolled in the Army or Navy. In return for a small salary (~$21/month), a stipend for room and board, and getting their tuition paid, the students served on Active duty (in uniform) while in school, and entered the Reserve upon graduation, during the period of their internships. Photographic print taken from the 1943 Medical Violet yearbook.