John Lawton Shapiro

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Title

John Lawton Shapiro

Subject

VUMC History, Pathology, Vanderbilt Alumni, Military Medicine

Description

Photographic portrait of John Lawton Shapiro. John Shapiro, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1938 and from Vanderbilt Medical School in 1941. He received a Combat Infantry Medical Badge in 1944 for service in Italy during World War II. After the war, Shapiro conducted a residency at Vanderbilt (1948-1949), and then joined the faculty in 1950. Upon the retirement of Dr. Ernest W. Goodpasture in 1956, Shapiro was named Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology. Honored with the title of Professor Emeritus, Shapiro passed away in 1983.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1950 (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

870

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

7 in. x 5 in.

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “John Lawton Shapiro,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed August 1, 2026, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/2097.

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