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Howard Taylor Ricketts

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Oil on canvas portrait of Dr. Howard Taylor Ricketts (2/9/1871-5/3/1910) by artist Oskar Gross. Measures 78 cm H x 64 cm W x 6 cm D. (Contained within case of wood and glass. Case measures: 91.4 cm H x 76.2 cm W x 8.3 cm D. Accompanying plaque reads: Howard Taylor Ricketts 1897-1910 Northwestern University Medical School Class of 1897- Portrait by Oskar Gross. Measures: 12.7 cm H x 17.8 cm W). Photo of portrait. Housed in Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Unveiling ceremony in Archibald Church Library of the Northwestern Medical School on June 11, 1944. Presented by Dr. Henry T. Ricketts on behalf of his mother, Mrs. Howard T. Ricketts and accepted for the Medical School by Dean James Roscoe Miller. (Source: Northwestern Alumni News 23(7): 2, July 1, 1944)

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http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/about/history/profiles.html (URL)
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/giving/give/invest/professorships/named-professorships.html (URL)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3802190/ (URL)

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1944
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