Hospital administrators

Photo of Dr. Sheehan, Director of the Medical Center from 1953-55, standing and wearing a lab coat.

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.

Edward M. Bernecker, MD, giving a public address. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Edward M. Bernecker, Administrator of University Hospital.

Portrait of Edward M. Bernecker, MD. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Photograph of Edward M. Bernecker, MD, receiving an honorable citation from the Members of the Greater New York Hospital Association. Dr. Bernecker served as Commissioner of Hospitals of New York for seven years and later held the role of Administrator of Hospital Services with NYU-Bellevue Medical Center.

Portrait of George Ellis Armstrong, MD (1900-1979). Dr. Armstrong served as Director of New York University Medical Center from 1955 to 1968.

Group portrait taken at the signing of the formal agreement uniting the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital with the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center. Pictured: NYU Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase (seated, left); Attorney and Post-Graduate Board member Charles S. McVeigh (seated, right); Medical Center Director Edwin A. Salmon (standing, left); and Elmer Ellsworth Brown (standing, right).