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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 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…

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 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…

Photographic portrait of Isaac Alexander Bigger. Dr. Bigger was a surgeon who earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1919. He eventually became Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt, where he remained until 1930, when he…

Dr. Perry Bromberg was a professor of clinical urology at Vanderbilt University. He belonged to many medical and surgical societies. He was president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine and the Davidson County Medical Society. He died of coronary…

Photographic portrait of Fred Allison, Jr. Fred Allison, Jr., was educated at Auburn University, B.S. 1944 and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, M.D., 1946. He completed internships at Vanderbilt, Peter Bent Brigham hospital, and Washington…

Photographic portrait of Joseph Hunter Allen, Jr. Dr. Allen was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 1948. After a number of internships and residencies, Dr. Allen worked as an instructor and…

Photographic portrait of Thomas Atchison. Dr. Atchison was born in Kentucky in 1818. He graduated from Transylvania Medical College in approximately 1838 and later moved to Nashville. Atchison served as the Chair of Materia Medica of the joint…

Edward H Barksdale (1897-1991) was a Vanderbilt resident and faculty member.