Louis Rosenfeld Biographical File

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0835

  • Staff Only

Abstract

Biographical file includes several magazine articles, newspaper clippings, obituaries, Rosenfeld's "Family and Personal Memoirs," and photographs.

Dates

  • 1982 - 2003

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Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Louis Rosenfeld, M.D., graduated from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. A Vanderbilt Clinical Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Rosenfeld was a member of the armed forces surgical staff during World War II and served in North Africa and Italy. He received the Bronze Star Medal and was discharged with the rank of Major. He practiced head and neck surgery for 46 years on the Vanderbilt faculty, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Nashville, and at the old Nashville General Hospital. Rosenfeld authored Memoirs of a Surgical House Officer and The Fighting 300th, and was co-author of History of Surgery at Vanderbilt University. He passed away in 1999.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Title
Louis Rosenfeld (1911-1999) biographical file
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
Date
2010-07-21
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish.

Repository Details

Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository

Contact:
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232


 

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