Kurt Hirshhorn investiture as Cohen Professor of Pediatrics

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US AA096.S015.INV014

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Kurt Hirshhorn investiture as Cohen Professor of Pediatrics

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  • 1968-02 (Created)

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1 reel-7" (00:45:54)

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This is a recording of the investiture of Dr. Kurt Hirschhorn as the first Arthur J. and Nellie Z. Cohen Professor of Pediatrics in Genetics of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1968. Nellie Z. Cohen had been a member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Trustees for thirty years at the time of this ceremony and was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Alexander Bearn was the principal speaker and delivered his address, “The Relevance of Genetics to Human Disease.” Dr. Bearn was a Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine of Cornell University Medical College, the Physician-in-Chief of the New York Hospital, and a Visiting Professor at Rockefeller University Hospital.

Additional speakers at the ceremony include: Dr. George James, Dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mr. Gustave L. Levy, the President of The Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Medical School; Mr. Alfred Stern, a member of both the Hospital and Medical School Board of Trustees; Dr. Martin Steinberg, Director of Mount Sinai Hospital (1948-1969); Dr. Horace Hodes, chairman of the Mount Sinai Department of Pediatrics; Mrs. Nellie Z. Cohen, President Steinbach, and Dr. Kurt Hirschhorn.

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This material has been digitized. Transcript is available. On same tape as MTG 16.

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      Description created by Lily Stowe-Alekman in Summer 2020.

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