Alvin Gittins: Master of Academic Realism
Art, however, is not produced by fiat or prescription; it grows naturally out of the humus of man’s common psyche. It is for this reason that one may view the […]
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Andreas Vesalius and De humani corporis fabrica
Andries van Wesel, the second son of an apothecary in service to the Holy Roman Emperor was born in the Flemish city of Brussels the last day of December 1514. […]
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Dr. Reed M. Gardner: An Appreciation
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“I was just a shepherd boy,” was how Dr. Reed Gardner, in typically modest fashion, described his youth in rural southern Utah. Growing up in St. George, the son of a sheep rancher, Dr. Gardner learned the value of self-reliance, perseverance, and ingenuity. Dr. Gardner’s academic career began ordinarily enough with a degree awarded to him by the University of Utah in electrical engineering in 1960.
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Philip B. Price, M.D. Digital Exhibition
Surgeon, teacher, dean, humanitarian – Philip Price is rightly remembered as the Founding Father of the modern-day School of Medicine. Dr. Price came to the University of Utah in 1943 to oversee the establishment of the four-year program as Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at the Salt Lake County General Hospital.
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Eccles Library 50th Anniversary Groundbreaking Display
On the morning of Tuesday, November 25, 1969, ground was broken formally beginning the construction of the new, much-needed medical library on the upper campus of the University. The Spencer […]
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Dr. John M. Matsen, Former VP Health Sciences, Dean, Department Chair and Founding Member of ARUP, 86 Dies
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John M. Matsen M.D. 1933-2019 The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library notes the passing of Dr. John M. Matsen on November 9, 2019. Dr. Matsen received his B.S. from […]
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Dr. James O. Mason, Utah Alumni ’58, Former CDC Director, 89 Dies
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JAMES O. MASON M.D., Dr.P.H. 1930 – 2019 The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library notes the passing of Dr. James O. Mason on October 9, 2019. Dr. Mason was […]
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Dr. Philip B. Price, Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine 1956-1962
Challenge, always makes people rise to the occasion.” -Dr. Philip B. Price observed in 1969. Born of Presbyterian missionary parents on March 7, 1897 in Kashing Checkiang, China, Philip Price […]
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Dr. Edward I. Hashimoto, Professor of Anatomy 1935-1985
View the Digital Exhibition version here. “What are you looking at? I was home in Dublin at the time.” So Dr Edward Hashimoto quipped to his anatomy class Monday morning, […]
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