2024-06-14 Finding aid for the Man/Professor of the Year Photograph Collection Finding aid prepared by Kristin Rodgers Medical Heritage Center

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May 2007 Finding aid encoded by Lisa Wood in 2024 Finding aid written in English Overview of the Collection Medical Heritage Center Ohio State University. College of Medicine. Man/Professor of the Year Photograph Collection 16.0 linear feet The Man/Professor of the Year Collection (approximately 16 linear feet) is arranged by photograph size, of which there are two, and then in alphabetical order. SPEC.200702.MANOFYEAR The records are in English English 1934-2005 History

The Medical Alumni Society of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, since 1931 with the exception of 1939, has given the honor of “Man of the Year” to a doctor(s) during their annual reunions. In 1973 the award name changed from the title “Man of the Year” to “Professor of the Year.” And in 1975, Margaret (Peg) Hines was the first woman to be so honored.

Scope and Content

The Man/Professor of the Year Collection (approximately 16 linear feet) is arranged by photograph size, of which there are three, and then in alphabetical order. The date listed for each photograph is the year that individual was honored with the Man of the Year or Professor of the Year award.

Six additional doctors were given this honor between the years 1931 and 1993, but this collection does not contain photographs of those individuals. However, for further reference here is a list of those people: 1950: Allan C. Barnes, MD, professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology 1951: John A. Prior, MD, associate professor of medicine 1953: Warren E. Wheeler, MD, professor of pediatrics 1954: Jay J. Jacoby, MD, professor and chief of anesthesia 1967: Atis K. Freimanis, MD, professor of radiology

The doctors honored from 1997 to 2025 are listed below for further reference, but this collection does not contain pictures of these individuals: 1997: Thomas N. Hansen, MD 1998: Robert M. DePhilip, PhD 1999: E. Christopher Ellison, MD 2000: Paul A. Weber, MD 2002: Sam L. Penza, MD 2003: Charles L. Hitchcock, MD, PhD 2006: Richard H. Fertel, PhD 2007: Joanne Lynn, MD 2008: Douglas Knutson, MD 2009: Donald L. Batisky, MD 2010: David P. Bahner, MD, RDMS 2011: David P. Kasick, MD 2012: Don M. Benson, Jr., MD 2013: Kenneth H. Jones, PhD 2014: John A. Davis, PhD, MD 2015: J. Chad Hoyle, MD 2016: C. Alexander Grieco, MD 2017: Creagh T. Boulger, MD 2018: José Bazán, DO 2019: Quinn V. Capers, IV, MD 2020: Ashley K. R. Fernandes, MD, PhD 2021: Christopher R. Pierson, MD, PhD 2022: Melissa M. Quinn, PhD 2023: Mark Troyer, MD, MPH 2024: Vignesh Doraiswamy, MD 2025: Claire Sevov, MD

Restrictions on Access

The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Man/Professor of the Year Photograph Collection, SPEC.200702.MANOFYEAR, Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.

Detailed Description of The Collection

1 Adolf Ackerman, MD, PhD 1991 1 Earl H. Baxter, MD, professor and chairman of pediatrics 1961 1 Floyd M. Berman, MD, professor of medicine 1966 2 Bertha Bouroncle, MD, professor of medicine 1979 2 Charles A. Bush, MD, assistant professor of medicine 1976 2 John A. Eglitis, MD, professor of anatomy 1965 2 Edwin H. Ellison, MD, associate professor of surgery 1957 3 Garth Essig, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology (selected by the Phase IVs) 1973 3 Lucy R. Freedy, MD, assistant professor of radiology 1987 3 John Fromkes, MD, associate professor of medicine 1984 3 Steven Gabbe, MD 1992 4 John Gersten, MD, associate professor of anatomy 1963 4 Grant O. Graves, MD, assistant professor of medicine and radiology 1949 4 William Havener, MD, professor and chairman, ophthalmology 1978 4 Ralph E. Haynes, MD, professor of pediatrics 1974 5 Margaret (Peg) Hines, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy, the first woman to be so honored 1975 5 Ernest W. Johnson, MD, professor and chairman of physical medicine and rehabilitation 1968 5 Moon Hyun Kim, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology 1977 5 Karl P. Klassen, MD, professor of surgery 1960 6 Chauncey D. Leake, PhD, professor of physiological chemistry and pharmacy, and assistant dean 1962 6 Samuel A. Marable, MD, assistant professor of surgery 1964 6 George Martin, PhD 1993 6 Earl Metz, MD, professor of medicine 1981 7 John Peter Minton, MD, PhD, professor of surgery 1982 7 John Neff, MD, professor of pathology 1986 7 John A. Negulesco, PhD, associate professor of anatomy and anesthesiology 1990 7 Thomas O'Dorisio, MD, associate professor of medicine 1983 8 Michael Para, MD, associate professor of internal medicine 1989 8 George W. Paulson, MD, associate professor of neurology 1971 8 Richard Ruppert, MD, assistant professor of medicine 1970 8 Leo A. Sapirstein, MD, PhD, professor of physiology 1958 9 Samuel Saslaw, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine 1956 9 Hans G. Schlumberger, MD, professor of pathology 1955 9 Thomas J. Skillman, MD, professor and director of the division of endocrinology and metabolism 1972 10 William Smead, MD, assistant professor of surgery 1980 10 John M. Stang, MD, associate professor of medicine 1985 10 Emmerich von Hamm, MD, professor and chairman of pathology 1959 11 Victor Ver Meulen, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology (selected by the Med IVs) 1973 11 John Warmolts, MD, associate professor of neurology 1988 11 James Hutchinson Williams, MD, assistant dean, Student Affairs, and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology 1969 12 Leslie L. Bigelow, MD, associate professor of surgery 1935 12 Charles A. Doan, MD, professor of medicine 1940 12 Verne A. Dodd, MD, surgery 1932 12 Mary Beth Fontana, MD 2005 12 Elijah J. Gordon, MD, medicine 1934 13 Solomon A. Hatfield, MD, professor medicine 1941 13 Elmer G. Horton, MD, pediatrics 1933 13 Francis L. Landacre, MD, anatomy 1933 13 Harry E. LeFever, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery 1944 14 George M. Curtis, MD, professor and chairman of surgical research 1942 14 John W. Means, MD, DDS, professor of surgery 1945 14 George I. Nelson, MD, professor of medicine 1938 14 Dwight M. Palmer, MD, chairman of neurology and psychiatry 1947 15 George H. Ruggy, MD, PhD, junior dean and assistant professor of pharmacology 1946, 1952 15 Ernest Scott, MD, professor and chairman of pathology (posthumously) 1936 15 Daniel D. Sedmak, MD 2001 15 Charles J. Sheppard, MD, professor of medicine 1936 15 Carl L. Spohr, MD, professor of pathology 1934 15 Linda Stone, MD 2004 16 William N. Taylor '15, professor of urology (selected in December) 1943 16 John Howell Janeway Upham, MD, medicine 1931 16 Frank C. Wagenhals, MD, associate professor of medicine 1937 16 Bruce K. Wiseman, MD, chairman of medicine (selected in March) 1943 16 Robert M. Zollinger, MD, professor of surgery 1948 17 Adolf Ackerman, MD, PhD 1991 17 James N. Allen,Jr MD, PhD 1996 17 Peter B. Baker, MD 1994 17 Lucy R. Freedy, MD 1987 17 John J. Fromkes, MD 1984 17 Steven G. Gabbe, MD 1992 17 Susan L. Koletar, MD 1995 17 George F. Martin, PhD 1993 17 John A. Negulesco, PhD 1990 17 John C. Neff, MD 1986 17 Michael E. Para, MD 1989 17 Thomas M. O'Dorisio, MD 1983 17 John M. Stang, MD 1985 17 John M. Warmolts, MD 1988 Composite Photograph, framed: Professor of the Year 1931-1942 Composite Photograph, framed: Professor of the Year 1945-1955 Composite Photograph, framed: Professor of the Year 1956-1979 Composite Photograph, framed: Professor of the Year 1970-1982