Joseph H. Akeroyd

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Title

Joseph H. Akeroyd

Subject

Pathology, Military Medicine, Hematology

Description

Photographic portrait of Joseph H. Akeroyd. Joseph H. Akeroyd was born in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1909. He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan and his M.S. from Ohio State University. From 1932-35 he worked as a research chemist in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. From there he went to Ohio State at Columbus as a research hematologist in the Department of Medicine. In August 1944 he went to Europe as Clinical Laboratory Officer and biochemist with the 178th, 197th, and 124th General Hospitals. After the war he became Chief of Immunohematology at Walter Reed Army Institute.

Creator

Vanderbilt Department of Medical Illustration

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1935 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

214

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

4.5 in. x 6.5 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Vanderbilt Department of Medical Illustration and Wilkes, Susan, “Joseph H. Akeroyd,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed June 7, 2023, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1938.

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