Thelma Brown Pendleton, RN, BS, circa 1946. Image courtesy of the Dept. of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Galter Library Special Collections Thelma Brown…
Narahashi in his lab at Northwestern, ca. 1986. Photo courtesy of Ward Rounds, Winter 1986-1988. Toshio Narahashi, PhD: Visionary Founding Father of the Modern Pharmacology…
Augusta Webster, MD, steadily rose through the ranks at Northwestern University Medical School, becoming an instructor in 1941, a department associate in 1943, assistant professor…
Two Feinberg alumni aided in efforts to save President William McKinley in 1901 On September 6, 1901, people lined up to shake the hand of…
Celebrating the life and work of surgeon Christian Fenger Christian Fenger grew up in Denmark as the son of a farmer, but Fenger wasn’t content…
Above: Sauer with research collaborator Eva Markley (1953). Courtesy of NorthShore University HealthSystem Photo Archives. Inventor of the whooping cough vaccine, Louis Wendlin Sauer, MD,…
Princess Diana's Legacy at Northwestern Her memory lives on at Northwestern, particularly for her commitment to cancer research. by Gina Bazer In June of 1996,…
Occupational Health Pioneer The story behind Alice Hamilton, MD, a champion of public health in the U.S. by Gina Bazer Alice Hamilton, MD With the…
Trailblazers in Orthopaedics How a close-knit, multigenerational group of Black orthopaedic surgery residents put their mark on Northwestern Medicine by Gina Bazer Back row, left…
by Gina Bazer Robert H. Lurie A little over three decades ago, while receiving treatment for colon cancer at what was then simply known as…