New York University School of Medicine

Portrait of Emanuel Libman, MD. The inscription reads: "To Bullowa, with my appreciation and best wishes. Emanuel Libman, October 15th, 1932. Dr. Libman was a cardiologist who practiced and taught at a number of institutions in New York and Europe, including Mt. Sinai Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He and Benjamin Sacks isolated Libman-Sacks endocarditis in 1924.

NYU Medical Archives holds a collection of photographs sent to Libman by friends and colleagues.

Signed portrait of Arthur J. Markley, MD, in military uniform. The inscription reads, “A. J. Markley, Denver, Colo.” Dr. Markley was Professor of Dermatology and Head of Dermatology and Syphilis at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Photographic reproduction of a painting of Joseph Lister, MD (1827-1912). The painting, from 1895, is by John Henry Lorimer. Dr. Lister was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.

Portrait of Walter Levy, MD. Dr. Levy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. He served as the Alumni Association President from 1951 to 1952.

Portrait of Samuel Leidesdorf (1881-1968). Mr. Leidesdorf joined the board of the New York University Medical Center in 1948, initially serving as the Chair of the Building Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1956 until his death in 1968.

Reproduction of a painting of Samuel Leidesdorf (1881-1968). Mr. Leidesdorf joined the board of the New York University Medical Center in 1948, initially serving as the Chair of the Building Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1956 until his death in 1968.

Portrait of Osceola Currier McEwen, MD (1902-2003), better known as Currier McEwen. Dr. McEwen received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1926. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Medicine from 1932 to 1933, and at the NYU College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine from 1933 to 1939. Dr. McEwen made major breakthroughs in the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism, clinical, pathologic, immunologic studies of rheumatic fever, systemic lupus erythematosus and various types of arthritis.

Image of Jesse Waring Mahoney, MD, from p. 51 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Mahoney received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1940. He served as chief of surgery at Bellevue Hospital Center for 20 years.

Portrait of Leopold Lichtwitz, MD (1876-1943). In 1919, Dr. Litchwitz became the head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hamburg’s Altona Municipal Hospital. He eventually became director of the hospital. In 1931, he became director of Berlin’s Rudolf Virchow Hospital. He was removed from his post by the Nazi regime in 1933. After emigrating to the United States, Dr. Lichtwitz became director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Montefiore Hospital.

Portrait of T. E. Lenear, MD, inscribed, “With kindest regards, T. E. Lenear.”

This image was received as part of a NYU medical collection. The archives are unable to find additional information about the subject of this photograph. If you have information, please contact us.