Rudolph Alvin Light

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Title

Rudolph Alvin Light

Subject

VUMC History, Library and Information Technology, Physiology, Surgery, Military Medicine, Vanderbilt History

Description

Photographic portrait of Rudolph Alvin Light. Rudolph Alvin Light received his Ph.B. in English and archeology from Yale University in 1931. He then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where, amidst the study of physics and chemistry, he married Ann Bonner Jones. The Lights moved to England, where Mr. Light studied physiology and medicine at Oxford for three years, receiving his B.A. in 1934 and an M.A. in 1936. Returning to the states, Dr. Light enrolled in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and received his M.D. in 1939.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1948 (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

653

Item Type Metadata

People Depicted

Ordered left to right as they appear in the image, starting from the top left.

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

5 in. x 7 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Rudolph Alvin Light,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 2, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/2048.

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