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1920 1934 1946

George Whipple is
awarded the Nobel Prize
for his research that
1925 led to the alleviation of

The first class of 20 pernicious anemia.
men and 2 women
enters the School
on September 17
and begins a
20-week course in 1927
anatomy. M. Elizabeth Marsh
George Eastman gives $4 million to The building of Strong Memorial Hospital’s
match a $5 million grant by John D. (Physiology-includes Wing R, one of the first psychiatric facilities
Rockefeller, Jr., making possible the Warren M. Sperry Vital Economics) is the in the nation to function as an integral part
School of Medicine and Dentistry. A plan (biochemistry) first woman to receive of a university hospital.
to develop the School in connection with receives the first a Ph.D. Degree.
the University of Rochester is announced. Ph.D. Degree.

1910 1920 1930 1940

Strong Memorial
Hospital opens its
doors to patients on
January 4.
George Hoyt Whipple is recruited as 1926
the first dean. He spends the next
few years organizing the School.
1921 The first graduating class of the School.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
1929