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Photographic portrait of Charles S. Briggs. Dr. Charles Briggs graduated from the University of Nashville's medical department in 1875. He then left Nashville for Philadelphia to study surgery with Dr. S.W. Gross, returning in 1877. Dr. Briggs then…

Photograph of an oil portrait of William Thompson Briggs. Dr. Briggs graduated in medicine from Transylvania University in 1849. After moving to Nashville in 1851 to become demonstrator of anatomy at the University of Nashville, he became a partner…

Photographic portrait of Thomas Evans Brittingham. Dr. Brittingham came to Vanderbilt University from Washington University in 1963. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1950, where the dean wrote a nasty letter about how Dr. Bittingham did…

Photographic portrait of Sara Katherine Layton Archer. Dr. Archer became a member of Vanderbilt's faculty in 1969. In 1971 Dr. Archer was chosen as one of the outstanding educators. In 1972 she was chosen to become the new dean of the Vanderbilt…

Photographic portrait of Harvey W. Bender. Dr. Bender received his M.D. from Baylor University College of Medicine in 1959. After his residency at Johns Hopkins and a Fellowship at the National Heart Institue he returned to Hopkins as faculty. He…

Dr. Edmund W. Benz graduated from Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine in 1940. He received the Ben Witt Key Annual Award in 1940. Dr. Benz was a successful surgeon in Nashville and a member of the clinical faculty at Vanderbilt Medical School.…

Dr. William Shannon Stoney received his B.S. from the University of the South in 1950 and his M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1954. After completing his surgical residency at Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1954-1962, he spent a year as a Senior…

Photographic portrait of William Jefferson Darby. William J. Darby (1913-2001) was a Vanderbilt Professor who was considered one of the leading nutrition researchers of the 20th century. As a scientist, Dr. Darby made significant contributions to our…

Clifton Meador, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1955 with the medical school's highest honor, the Founder's Award for Scholastic Honors. After postgraduate studies, Meador served as an instructor in the Department of…

Photographic portrait of Alice Drew Chenoweth. Alice Drew Chenoweth was a pediatrician and public health professional. Dr. Chenoweth was born in Albany, Missouri, in 1903. In 1924 she graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in chemistry.…