Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1956
label: associated dates
content: 1956 01 01+ / 1956 01 01+, 1956 12 31- / 1956 12 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1956 01 01+ / 1956 01 01+, 1956 12 31- / 1956 12 31-
notes: label: Description
content: The obverse of this gold medal has a portrait bust and “MEDICAL EDUCATION KEEPS AMERICA HEALTHY” and “FRANK H. LAHEY MEMORIAL AWARD.” The reverse has “FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL EDUCATION” and “NATIONAL FUND FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION / AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION / ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES” and “ABRAHAM FLEXNER / 1956” The “A. LEVITT” on the obverse refers to the artist. This award was established in 1955 by the National Fund for Medical Education with the joint participation of the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. Frank Howard Lahey (1880-1953) was an American physician, surgeon and medical educator. Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) was an American physician and educator.
place: label: associated place
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Abraham Flexner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09813
label: catalog number
content: M-09813
label: catalog number
content: M-09813.01
label: catalog number
content: M-09813.02
label: accession number
content: 236094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Object Name
content: award, medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 12.5 cm x 12.5 cm; 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm x 13.0175 cm