Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D.

Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.D. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1919, Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown spent her youth at a New York orphanage. After graduating at the top of her class, Dr. Brown attended Bennett College before coming to Nashville to attend Meharry Medical...

William H. Frist, M.D.

William H. Frist, M.D. A Nashville native, Dr. William H. Frist graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy, Princeton University and Harvard Medical School before completing his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. Soon after,...

Donald P. Pinkel, M.D.

Donald P. Pinkel, M.D. Born in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Donald Pinkel joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and was sent to Cornell University as a pre-med student officer candidate before graduating from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1951. While there, he...

Harry R. Jacobson

Harry R. Jacobson, M.D. At the age of four, Dr. Harry Jacobson’s family immigrated to the United States from Germany. After growing up in Chicago and completing medical school at the University of Illinois, Dr. Jacobson trained in medicine at Johns Hopkins and in...

Joel C. Gordon

Joel C. Gordon Joel C. Gordon graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in business management in June of 1951. After spending three years as an officer in the United States Air Force stationed in Europe, Gordon began his business career in Tennessee in...

Stanford Moore, Ph.D.

Stanford Moore, Ph.D. Dr. Stanford Moore was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1913 and went on to attend and graduate from Nashville’s Peabody Demonstration School, now the University School of Nashville, and Vanderbilt University, where he earned summa cum laude honors...