Elaine Pandia Ralli

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Dr. Elaine P. Ralli, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College class of 1925, Associate Professor of Medicine. She was an authority on diseases of metabolism and nutrition and a recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Citation for outstanding achievement as a woman in medicine.

May Edward Chinn

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Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. May Edward Chinn. Print was made from NYU Bellevue Violet 1926 yearbook.
"Dr. May Edward Chinn: First Black Woman Graduate", of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Class of 1926, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Columbia University. On June 5, 1980, NYU granted her a Doctor of Science degree.