Life and Health Sciences

Dr. Willard Marmelzat was introduced to the history of medicine as a student at Tulane University. By the time he had finished his studies, he had obtained a degree in medicine with a specialty in dermatology; published Musical Sons of Aesculapius, a book about physicians who were also...

Dr. Judd Marmor's role as a major figure in the fields of psychiatry and psychoanalysis  spanned more than sixty years. UCLA professor emeritus, psychiatrist, author, and past president of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Marmor devoted his professional life to progressive, forward-...

More than two hundred current and former librarians and staff from the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library are pursuing or have retired from successful careers throughout North America and Great Britain, forming a remarkable group that has made significant contributions to their profession. To...

UCLA's visionary founders planned from the outset to build a major research university. Today, thanks to their farsighted decision in 1947 to create a library to serve both the Life Sciences Division of the College of Letters and Science and the newly authorized School of Medicine, UCLA faculty...

Donald Ryder Dickey was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and graduated from Yale University. His study and photography of birds and mammals began as a hobby but soon turned into a lifelong vocation. Mr. Dickey built a library of 10,000 volumes, a collection of 50,000 specimens of birds and mammals, and a...

Raymond Rothman received his bachelor's degree from UCLA, after which he joined the war effort, becoming the navigator aboard a B-29 during World War II. After the war he resumed his association with UCLA as an active member of the UCLA Alumni Association and Chancellor's Associates. As an...