Medal
date: label: date made
content: 1957
label: associated dates
content: 1957 10 01+ / 1957 10 01+, 1957 10 31- / 1957 10 31-
label: associated dates
content: 1957 10 01+ / 1957 10 01+, 1957 10 31- / 1957 10 31-
notes: label: Description
content: In 1957, in recognition of Abraham Flexner’s “important role in improving this nation’s educational and social institutions and practices,” the Association of American Medical Colleges established the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. The first award was given to Flexner himself. This is that gold medal. The obverse has a portrait bust facing ¾ left, and “ABRAHAM FLEXNER A.B., A.M., LL.D., LITT.D., M.D.” The reverse is blank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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-09815.01
label: accession number
content: 236094
label: catalog number
content: M-09815.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Object Name
content: award, medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative and Association
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm; x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 2 in; .3175 cm x 5.08 cm