Title:

Anne and Victor McKusick with Virginia Apgar

Date:

[ca. 1966]

Description:

Caption on back reads, "probably 1966, World Congress of Human Genetics in Chicago.". Dr. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), pioneering neonatologist and developer of the Apgar Score for evaluating newborns, was the director of the Division of Congenital Malformations at the March of Dimes from 1959. She was responsible for reviewing grant applications, raising public and professional awareness of birth defects and the research in progress, and encouraging support for research in this area, often traveling thousands of miles every year.. Apgar is to Victor McKusick's left.

Original Repository:

Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. Victor Almon McKusick Collection

Rights:

Courtesy of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. Victor Almon McKusick Collection. 12576

Legacy ID:

JQBBFH

NLM ID:

101584632X61

Profiles Collection:

The Victor A. McKusick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584632X61

Story Section:

The Bar Harbor Course and "McKusick's Catalog," 1960-1980