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The Harsen prize was an academic prize, accompanied by a cash award, that was given to deserving graduating students of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City during the 19th century and early 20th century. There were different categories of the prize including "Clinical Reports" and "Proficiency in Examination". There were multiple placings or levels of the prize; in 1884 first prize under "Proficiency in Examination" was accompanied by an award of USD500, second place received USD300, and third place received USD200.[1]

[edit] Recipients

  • George Frederick Shrady 1861[2]
  • Allan McLane Hamilton 1870[3]
  • Charles Henry May, 1st prize Clinical Reports, 1st prize Proficiency in Examination 1883[4]
  • George Sumner Huntington, 1st prize Clinical Reports, 1st prize Proficiency in Examination 1884[1][5][6]
  • L. S. Manson, 2nd prize Clinical Reports 1884[1]
  • G. W. Weld, 3rd prize Clinical Reports 1884[1]
  • George Roe Lockwood, Jr., 2nd prize Proficiency in Examination 1884[1]
  • E. K. Morton, 3rd prize Proficiency in Examination 1884[1]
  • Ervin Alden Tucker for Proficiency in All Branches of Medical Teaching 1885[7]
  • William Gilman Thompson for an essay 1885[8]
  • Edward Wight Clarke 1887[9]
  • Levi Olmstead Wiggins circa 1889[10]
  • Austin Wilkinson Hollis 1890[11]
  • William Van Valzah Hayes 1893[12]
  • Albert Ashton Berg in Clinical Reports 1894[13]
  • Archibald Henry Busby, 1st prize Clinical Reports 1898[14]
  • Edward A. Rosenberg, 2nd prize Clinical Reports 1898[14]
  • R. J. Held, 3rd prize Clinical Reports 1898[14]
  • Victor C. Peterson, 1st prize Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Philip Schieffelin Sabine, 2nd prize Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Hughes Dayton, 3rd prize Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • William W. Vibbert, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • George A. Saxe, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • John M. Taylor, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Emil A. Rundquist, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Charles M. Williams, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Burton J. Lee, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Stanley O. Sabel, honors in Proficiency in Examination 1898[14]
  • Haven Emerson, 1901[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f “YOUNG RECRUITS OF MEDICINE; COMMENCEMENT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.”, The New York Times, May 14, 1884, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9401E7D6113BE033A25757C1A9639C94659FD7CF> 
  2. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "George Shrady A.M., M.D.". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. 448 - 449. OCLC 2481484. 
  3. ^ "Allan McLane Hamilton". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States As Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women Who Are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time IX. (1899). New York City: James Terry White and Company. OCLC 2481484. 
  4. ^ Leonard, John William; Editor (1906). "Charles Henry May". Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women in America (1906-1907). Chicago: Albert Nelson Marquis & Company. OCLC 1141571. 
  5. ^ Hrdlička, Aleš (1937). "Biographical Memoir of George Sumner Huntington 1861-1827". National Academy of Sciences of the United States Biographical Memoirs XVIII, Eleventh Memoir. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press. OCLC 11825701. 
  6. ^ Charles F. W. McClure (1927). "George Sumner Huntington: An Appreciation". American Journal of Anatomy 39 (3): 355 - 377. Baltimore, Maryland: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. doi:10.1002/aja.1000390302. ISSN 1553-0795. 
  7. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "Ervin Alden Tucker, B.S., A.M., M.D.". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. OCLC 2481484. 
  8. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "William Gilman Thompson, Ph.B., M.D.". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. OCLC 2481484. 
  9. ^ George Frederick Shrady, Editor (January 9, 1892), “Dr. Edward Wight Clarke”, Medical Record (Washington Institute of Medicine) 48 (2): 466, ISSN 0363-0803, <http://books.google.com/books?id=9x4CAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA466,M1> 
  10. ^ George Frederick Shrady, Editor (January 9, 1892), “The Death of Dr. Levi Olmstead Wiggins”, Medical Record (Washington Institute of Medicine) 48 (2): 58, ISSN 0363-0803, <http://books.google.com/books?id=9x4CAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA48,M1> 
  11. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "Austin Wilkinson Hollis, M.D.". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. OCLC 2481484. 
  12. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "William Van Valzah Hayes, Ph.B., A.M., M.D.,". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. OCLC 2481484. 
  13. ^ Walsh, James J. (1919). "Albert Ashton Berg". History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress V. New York City: National Americana Society, Inc.. OCLC 2481484. 
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m “EXERCISES AT COLUMBIA; President Low Presides at the First Commencement on Morningside Heights. OVATION FOR GEN. WOODFORD Prizes and Scholarships Announced and Degrees Conferred -- The Crowd Fills Every Available Seat in the Gymnasium -- The Meeting of the Alumni.”, The New York Times, June 9, 1898, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DEFDD103CE433A2575AC0A9609C94699ED7CF> 
  15. ^ Men of 1914: An Accurate Biographical Record of Prominent Men in All Walks of Life Who Have Achieved Success in Their Chosen Vocations in the Various Civil, Industrial, and Commercial Lines of Activity, Chicago: American Publishers' Association, 1915, OCLC 49777827 
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