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Helen Octavia Dickens
Helen Octavia Dickens1909-2001 Physician, surgeon, educator Helen Octavia Dickens served as a pioneer in the field of medicine. In 1945 she became the first female African-American to become board certified in obstetrics and gynecology in Philadelphia; five years later she became the first... Read more |
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Professoriate
Professoriate HISTORY OF THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS SOCIETAL PERCEPTIONS CHALLENGES BIBLIOGRAPHY The professoriate comprises faculty in postsecondary institutions who have specialized expertise in one of the many academic disciplines or professional fields and who... Read more |
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Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold , 1860-1945, American Zionist leader, editor, and translator, b. Baltimore. After graduating from high school in 1877 she taught (1878-92) in private schools, organizing some of the first night school classes for immigrants. She was a founder (1888) of the Jewish Publication Society... Read more |
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Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University philanthropic organization in New York City, founded 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by John D. Rockefeller for furthering medical science and its allied subjects and to make knowledge of these subjects available to the public. Many millions of dollars... Read more |
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first aid
first aid immediate and temporary treatment of a victim of sudden illness or injury while awaiting the arrival of medical aid. Proper early measures may be instrumental in saving life and ensuring a better and more rapid recovery. The avoidance of unnecessary movement and over-excitation of the... Read more |
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University of Missouri
University of Missouri at Columbia (main campus), Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1839, opened 1841. It is the oldest state university W of the Mississippi; its journalism school was the first (1908) in the world. There are medical schools... Read more |
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John Orr
John Boyd Orr The Scottish medical scientist John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron of Brechin (1880-1971), pioneered the science of human nutrition and developed new correlations between health, food, and poverty. He was the first director general of the Food and Agricultural Organization. Born in... Read more |
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Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman 1831-1908, American educator, first president of Johns Hopkins Univ. , b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Yale, 1852. After serving as attaché (1853-55) of the American legation at St. Petersburg, he returned to Yale and was active in planning and raising funds for the founding of... Read more |
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COMMENTARY: VALUES ADDED: CORPORATE MISSION STATEMENTS SHOULD BE DUSTED OFF...
...recently contacted Jewish Hospital in Louisville...to be done at Jewish Hospital. Even though the idea behind the program was...reinvestment in research, education and...mission. The Jewish Hospital HealthCare...of Louisville ... |