African American Graduates of JMC
Algernon Brashear Jackson, MD (Class of 1901)
John Hume Miller, MD (Class of 1903)
Henry McKee Minton, MD (Class of 1906)
Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses
Other Graduates of the Early Years
Years of Change and Challenge
Opening Doors: James H. Robinson, M.D.
Cora LeEthel Christian (Class of 1971)
The Faces of Jefferson Today
Years of Change and Challenge
After the initial half-dozen African Americans graduated from Jefferson Medical College in the first decade of the 20th century only an occasional black or Hispanic-African matriculate would be admitted to the classroom. By default, the two great "black" medical schools, Howard University and Meharry Medical College, were the primary educators of African American physicians in this country.
Not until World War II, when the U.S. military began dismantling the racial segregation of its troops, would changes take place at the doors of American medical schools. The post-war Civil Rights movement brought the struggles of underrepresented black Americans to the attention of all Americans. Another half-dozen African American "pioneers" graduated from JMC during the 1950s.
Still seen as a "white school" during the Sixties, the
college also held the dubious distinction of being the last U.S.
medical school to accept women (first admitted in 1961). In the
1970s, with national movements underway for minorities and women,
early policies to substantively address diversity at JMC were established.
Negro Students Enrolled in Medical Schools
in the United States
for Academic Year 1949-1950* |
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Institution
|
1st
Year |
2nd
Year |
3rd
Year |
4th
Year |
Total
1949-1950 |
Total
1948-1949 |
Albany Medical College |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Arkansas, University of |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Boston, University of |
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
Buffalo, University of |
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
California, University of |
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Chicago Medical School |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Chicago, University of |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Cincinnati, University of |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Colorado, University of |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Columbia University |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
Cornell University |
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
Creighton University |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
Hahnemann Medical College |
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
n/a
|
Harvard University |
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
6
|
Howard University |
73
|
69
|
66
|
61
|
269
|
263
|
Illinois, University of |
3
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
8
|
Indiana University |
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
Iowa, State University of |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Jefferson Medical College |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Kansas, University of |
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
Loyola University |
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
Marquette University |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Medical Evangelists, College of |
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
Meharry Medical College |
65
|
61
|
58
|
60
|
244
|
232
|
Michigan, University of |
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
10
|
New York Medical College |
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
New York (State) University |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
New York University |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
Northwestern University |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Ohio State University |
1
|
00
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
Oregon State University |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
Pennsylvania, University of |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Pittsburgh, University of |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Rochester, University of |
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
St. Louis University |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Syracuse, University of |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Temple University |
1
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
Tufts College |
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
Texas, University of |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Vermont, University of |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Wayne University |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
Western Reserve University |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Woman's College |
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
Yale University |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Total Enrolled |
162
|
179
|
149
|
153
|
653
|
612
|
*(Table data compiled
by Dr. Michael J. Bent, Meharry Medical College, as an annual
service to the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals
of the NMA. JNMA 42(4):253, 1950)
|
the Jefferson Medical College Yearbook
Elmer John Taylor Jr.
BA, MD 1952
Omega Psi Phi
Alpha Omega Alpha
Temple University
Born Sept. 27, 1924; Single; Service: U.S. Army; Hare Medical
Society; Student A.M.A.; Jr. Internship Lincoln Hospital,
NY; Internal Medicine;
Internship: Philadelphia General Hospital, Phila., Pennsylvania
Thomas Walford Georges, Jr.
BS, MD 1955
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Born December 9, 1927. Graduate of Howard University. Service:
U.S. Army. Contemplates General Practice.
John Thomas Dooley
BS, MD 1957
Born November 5, 1924, Cincinnati, Ohio. Graduate of Howard
University. Served in U.S. Army. Married the former Ruth Bragg.
At Jefferson he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, Pasteur
Society and Gross Surgical Society.
Hubert Leon Hemsley
BS, MD 1960
May 26, 1932
3031 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bethume-Cookman
College.
Phi Beta Pi; Student Council; Married Evelyn Marie Womg; 2
children.
Ulysses Edward Watson
BS, MD 1960
March 20, 1933.
4130 Penngrove Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Temple University.