Otto Leopold Schmidt

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Oil on canvas portrait of Dr. Otto Leopold Schmidt by artist E. S. Klempner. Photo of framed portrait, measuring 99 cm H x 83 cm W x 10 cm D, housed in Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. The plaque, measuring 10.2 cm H x 15.2 W x 2.5 cm D, reads: Otto Leopold Schmidt, M.D. Instructor of Medicine, 1889-1892 Northwestern University Medical School. The portrait was unveiled at the dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building in June 1927 and added to the collection of the Archibald Church Library. Dr. Schmidt graduated from the medical school in 1895 and became a member of the faculty in 1899. (Sources: pp. 64-66 IN: Dedication of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, Northwestern University Medical School, Alexander McKinlock Memorial Campus, Chicago, c.1929, Northwestern University Medical School & Q Bull Northwest Univ Med Sch. 1942 Summer, 16(2):158)

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