AbrahamFlexner November 13, 1866, Louisville, Kentucky September 21, 1959 was an USA American educator. His Flexner Report , published in 1910, reformed medical education in the United States. He also ... thumbnail right Photograph of AbrahamFlexner, circa 1895. Biography A younger brother of the medical researcher Simon Flexner , who was employed by the Rockefeller University Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1901 1935, Flexner graduated from Johns Hopkins University at age 19. Nineteen ... http lcweb2.loc.gov service mss eadxmlmss eadpdfmss 2003 ms003042.pdf AbrahamFlexner A Register ... of his brother Simon, Louis Barkhouse Flexner January 7, 1902 March 29, 1996 , a nephew of Abraham ... . Flexner is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky . Honors AbrahamFlexner ... of AbrahamFlexner . Simon and Schuster. http www.questia.com PM.qst?a o&d 5350498 Fulltext ..., Thomas Neville, 2002. Iconoclast AbrahamFlexner and a Life in Learning . Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. ISBN 0 8018 7124 7. Nevins, Michael, 2010. AbrahamFlexner A Flawed American Icon. iUniverse. ISBN .... ISBN 0 465 07935 0. Wheatley, S. C., 1989. The Politics of Philanthropy AbrahamFlexner and Medical ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Flexner, Abraham ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American ... 21, 1959 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flexner, Abraham Category 1886 births Category 1959 deaths ... fi AbrahamFlexner ... on an advanced degree at either of those institutions. After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Flexner .... Graduates of his school were soon accepted at leading colleges, and Flexner s school attracted considerable attention. Between 1912 to 1925, Flexner served on the Rockefeller Foundation s General Education ... College, Columbia University Teachers College of Columbia University . In 1908, Flexner published ..., it was especially critical of the university lecture as a method of instruction. According to Flexner ... more details
Flexner may refer to AbrahamFlexner 1866&ndash 1959 , an American educator, author of the Flexner Report Bernard Flexner 1882&ndash 1946 , a New York lawyer, prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America Eleanor Flexner 1908&ndash 1995 , an independent scholar and pioneer in the field of women s studies James Thomas Flexner 1908&ndash 2003 , a prolific writer on American art history, wrote a four volume biography of George Washington Jennie Maas Flexner 1882&ndash 1944 , a librarian and author Simon Flexner 1863&ndash 1946 , a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Berg Flexner 1928&ndash 1990 , a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions See also Boies, Schiller & Flexner , an American law firm founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller in 1997 Flexner Report , a book length study of medical education in the United States and Canada written by AbrahamFlexner, published in 1910 Flexner Wintersteiner rosette , a spoke and wheel shaped cell formation seen in retinoblastoma and certain other ophthalmic tumors surname ... more details
was the elder brother of AbrahamFlexner and of the Zionist leader Bernard Flexner Amongst Flexner s most ...Infobox Scientist name Simon Flexner, M.D. image sflexner21.jpg image width 150px caption Dr. Simon Flexner, circa 1910. birth date birth date March 25, 1863 March 25, 1863 birth place Louisville, Kentucky death date death date May 2, 1946 May 2, 1946 death place New York, NY residence New York, NY citizenship nationality ethnicity field Physician & Medical educator & Experimental pathologist work institutions Johns Hopkins University Rockefeller Institute Oxford University UK alma mater University of Louisville doctoral advisor doctoral students John D. Rockefeller, Jr. known for author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences influenced prizes religion footnotes signature Simon Flexner, M.D. March 25, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky &ndash May 2, 1946 was a physician , scientist , administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania 1899&ndash 1903 . He was the first director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research 1901&ndash 1935 and a trustee ... . The bacteria species Shigella flexneri was named in recognition of Flexner. ref citation author Flexner S journal Philadelphia Medical Journal title On the etiology of tropical dysentery ..., Flexner was the first to describe Flexner Wintersteiner rosette s, a characteristic finding in retinoblastoma . His son James Thomas Flexner was a prolific writer one of his works was an extensive biography of George Washington . Dr. Flexner died in May 1946 in New York City, from a myocardial ... Persondata . NAME Flexner, Simon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1863 PLACE ... Flexner, Simon Category Rockefeller Foundation Category 1863 births Category 1946 deaths Category People ... Society US med bio stub Louisville stub ar de Simon Flexner es Simon Flexner ja pl Simon Flexner pt Simon Flexner fi Simon Flexner tl Simon Flexner ... more details
s father, AbrahamFlexner 1866 1959 , was a leader in several fields including, with his brother Simon Flexner at the Rockefeller Institute, the reform of early 20th century medical education and medical research in the United States and Canada. Abraham founded and served as first director of the Institute ... at her death left Eleanor a lifetime income. Both Anne and AbrahamFlexner were feminists who supported ... AbrahamFlexner and a Life in Learning . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Ellen Carol DuBois ... Eleanor Flexner in Northampton http www.amazon.com dp 0801871247 AbrahamFlexner s extraordinary ...Eleanor Flexner October 4, 1908 March 25, 1995 was a distinguished independent scholar and pioneer in what ... the push for equal education, the abolition of slavery, and temperance laws. Family Flexner ... Flexner 1874 1955 , a successful playwright and children s author, organized professional playwrights ... s sister, Jean Flexner, became one of the first employees of the Division of Labor Standards in Washington, DC. Encouragement and financial assistance from her parents carried Flexner through the Great ... Flexner was born in Georgetown, Kentucky , but spent her youth in New York City . A biographical statement in the Schlesinger Library Archives at Harvard University outlines Flexner s early career ... criticism entitled American Playwrights, 1918 1938. During this period of her life Flexner found her ... background allowed Flexner to appreciate the disappointments, triumphs, and bracing camaraderie ... . In the 1940s, Flexner began researching the 19th century labor struggles of American women but found .... Flexner worked on the manuscript that was to become Century of Struggle through most of the 1950s ... of Marxist women including, in addition to Flexner, Susan B. Anthony II , Gerda Lerner , and Eve Merriam . It was only in 1982, however, that Flexner publicly acknowledged her past membership in the Communist Party. In 1957, Flexner moved from New York to Northampton, Massachusetts, where her life ... more details
Citations missing date July 2007 The Flexner Report ref Citation author Flexner, Abraham year 1910 title ... by the professional educator AbrahamFlexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the The Carnegie ..., Thomas Neville, 2002. Iconoclast AbrahamFlexner and a Life in Learning . Johns Hopkins Univ. Press ...., 1989. The Politics of Philanthropy AbrahamFlexner and Medical Education . University of Wisconsin ... Osteopathic medicine Category Medicine Category History of medicine fr Rapport AbrahamFlexner ... medical education united states and canada bulletin number four flexner report 0 accessdate April ... American medical profession stem from the Flexner Report and its aftermath. The Report also called ... doctors were being trained. A repercussion of the Flexner Report resulting from the closure or consolidation ... Flexner to conduct the survey. At that time, the 155 medical schools in North America differed greatly in their curricula, methods of assessment, and requirements for admission and graduation. Flexner ... When Flexner researched his report, many American medical schools were proprietary , namely small trade ... were dissatisfied with this situation. Flexner looked this situation in the face. Using the Johns ... UNMC s Flexner s Impact on American Medicine ref he boldly recommended that Admission to a medical ... or university study, primarily devoted to basic science. When Flexner researched his report, only 16 ... known is Flexner s recommendation that medical schools appoint full time clinical professors. Holders ..., in the interest of teaching. Flexner pursued this objective for years, despite widespread opposition from existing medical faculty. Flexner was the child of German immigrants, and had studied and traveled ... having undergone an extensive specialized university education. In effect, Flexner was demanding ..., medical schools in Canada and the United States have followed Flexner s recommendations down to the present ... in North America are consequences of the Flexner Report A physician receives at least six, and preferably ... more details
Bernard Flexner 1882 1946 , a New York lawyer, was a prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America . He served as counsel for the Zionist delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris Peace Conference 1918 1919 and was president of the Palestine Economic Corporation . He was one of the founders of the Council on Foreign Relations His papers are held in the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University . Writings The Rights to a Jewish Home Land , The Nation , October 2, 1929 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flexner, Bernard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1882 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1946 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flexner, Bernard Category 1882 births Category 1946 deaths Category American lawyers Category People from New York Category American Zionists Judaism bio stub ... more details
Jennie Maas Flexner November 6, 1882 &ndash November 17, 1944 was a librarian and author . She was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Jacob Aaron Flexner and Rosa Maas. Although Ms. Flexner did not finish college she began her career at the Free Public Library of Louisville in 1903. In 1908, she was able to study at the School of Library Service at the Western Reserve University in Cleveland . She returned to the Louisville Library and served as head of the circulation department from 1912 to 1928. Flexner was a strong advocate and leading authority of the newly developing library concept of a reader centered philosophy. In Louisville, she was an advocate of service to the black community and the training of black and white librarians. In 1926, she served on the curriculum staff of the American Library Association . As a result of her involvement in the professional education of librarians through .... Family Jennie did not marry but was part of a distinguished family including uncles AbrahamFlexner known for his studies and surveys of medical colleges, and Simon Flexner , the eminent bacteriologist. A cousin, Abraham s daughter, the feminist writer Eleanor Flexner . Jennie s sisters were Hortense Flexner King, a poet and a teacher at Bryn Mawr and Sarah Lawrence College s, and Caroline Flexner who was with UNRRA in Washington, D.C. Her father was a pharmacist and then a physician ... Flexner. http jwa.org encyclopedia article flexner jennie maas Jennie Maas Flexner at Jewish Women s Archive. Accessed April 2, 2009 Brody, Seymour. Jennie Maas Flexner Reader s Adviser, Librarian & Author. http www.fau.edu library bro60.htm Jennie Maas Flexner at http www.fau.edu library depts judaica9.htm FAU Libraries Special Collections & Archives Accessed April 3, 2009 Edge, Sigrid A Flexner ..., 1975 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flexner, Jennie Maas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flexner, Jennie Maas Category 1882 births Category 1944 deaths ... more details
James Thomas Flexner January 13, 1908 February 13, 2003 was a prolific writer most famous for his extensive writings on American art history and his four volume biography of George Washington , for which he won a special Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer citation after the publication of his concluding volume. He died in February, 2003 at the age of 95. ref Oliver, Myrna. http articles.latimes.com 2003 feb 18 local me flexner18 James Flexner, 95 Acclaimed Biographer of George Washington . The Los Angeles Times . ref His other historical biographies include the one volume Washington The Indispensable Man , The Young Hamilton Alexander Hamilton , Mohawk Baronet Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet , and The Traitor and the Spy Benedict Arnold and John Andre . He wrote many books on the history of American art, including a highly regarded life of the American painter John Singleton Copley . He co authored William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine 1941 with his father, Simon Flexner, M.D. His uncle, AbrahamFlexner, was the noted educator whose report of 1910 led to the reform of U.S. medical schools. References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flexner, James Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flexner, James Thomas Category American biographers Category 1908 births Category 2003 deaths US historian stub ... more details
Infobox person name Anne Crawford Flexner image alt caption birth date 27 June 1874 birth place death date 11 January 1955 death place nationality other names known for occupation Anne Crawford Flexner 27 June 1874 11 January 1955 was an American dramatist. ref Cite book chapter Flexner, Anne Crawford title American National Biography url http www.anb.org articles 16 16 02130.html publisher Oxford University Press Subscription needed. ref References Reflist Use dmy dates date October 2010 Persondata name Flexner, Anne Crawford alternative names short description dramatist date of birth 27 June 1874 place of birth date of death 11 January 1955 place of death DEFAULTSORT Flexner, Anne Crawford Category American dramatists and playwrights Category 1874 births Category 1955 deaths US playwright stub ... more details
Image Retinoblastoma rosette.jpg thumb Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes in Retinoblastoma . Flexner Wintersteiner rosette is a spoke and wheel shaped cell biology cell formation seen in retinoblastoma and certain other Ophthalmology ophthalmic tumor s. ref name thefreedictionary.com http medical dictionary.thefreedictionary.com Flexner Wintersteiner rosette Definition of rosette , from The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 6 January 2010. ref A rosette is a structure or formation resembling a rose , such as the clusters of polymorphonuclear leukocytes around a globule of lipid nuclear material, as observed in the test for disseminated lupus erythematosus . ref name thefreedictionary.com History Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes were first described by Simon Flexner 1863 1946 , a physician , scientist , Academic administration administrator , and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania 1899 1903 . Flexner noted characteristic clusters of cells in an infantile Ocular oncology eye tumor which he called retinoepithelioma. ref Flexner S. A peculiar glioma neuroepithelioma? of the retina. Johns Hopkins Hosp Bull 1891 2 115 19 ref ref Schatski SC. Simon Flexner. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1997 169 1395 96. ref ref Bendiner E. Simon Flexner his rock was for the ages. Hosp Pract ... 1865 1946 confirmed Flexner s observations and noted that the cell clusters resembled rods and cones ... that form the Flexner Wintersteiner rosette surround a central lumen containing small cytoplasmic ... is devoid of fiber rich neuropil. Like the Homer Wright rosette, the Flexner Wintersteiner rosette ... that the tumor cells forming the Flexner Wintersteiner rosette have ultrastructural features of primitive photoreceptor cells. ref Ts o MOM, Fine BS, Zimmerman LE. The Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes ... that Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes represent a specific form of retinal differentiation. In addition to being a characteristic finding in retinoblastomas, Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes may also ... more details
Stuart Berg Flexner 1928 1990 was a lexicographer , editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including I Hear America Talking and Listening to America as co editor of the Dictionary of American Slang and as chief editor of the Random House Dictionary , Second Edition . His books include How to Increase Your Word Power 1971 Family Word Finder A New Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms in Dictionary Form 1975 I Hear America Talking An Illustrated Treasury of American Words and Phrases 1976 Listening to America An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from our Lively and Splendid Past 1982 With others Dictionary of American Slang , with Harold Wentworth editions 1960, 1967, 1975 Oxford American Dictionary , with Eugene H. Ehrlich, Gorton Carruth, Joyce M. Hawkins 1980 The Random House Thesaurus , with Jess Stein 1984 The Pessimist s Guide To History An Irresistible Compendium Of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres And Mayhem From The Big Bang To The New Millennium , with Doris Flexner 1992 2nd edition 2000 The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, Second Edition , editor 1987 Wise Words and Wives Tales The Origins, Meanings and Time Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New , 1993 Speaking Freely A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley , with Anne H. Soukhanov 1997 External links http wiredforbooks.org stuartflexner 1987 audio interview with Stuart Flexner at Wired for Books.org by Don Swaim Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flexner, Stuart Berg ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flexner, Stuart Berg Category American lexicographers Category American writers Category 1928 births Category 1990 deaths US nonfiction writer stub ... more details
Infobox law firm name Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP logo File Boies schiller logo.JPG frameless Boies, Schiller & Flexner headquarters New York num offices 10 num attorneys 240 num employees Total employees, including attorneys and staff practice areas Litigation key people David Boies Chairman , Jonathan D. Schiller, & Donald L. Flexner revenue amount year date founded May 1997 founder David Boies, Jonathan D. Schiller company type Limited Liability Partnership slogan homepage http www.bsfllp.com www.bsfllp.com dissolved Boies, Schiller & Flexner Limited liability partnership L.L.P. is a prominent American law firm founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller in 1997. In 1999, they were joined by Donald L. Flexner , former partner with Crowell & Moring . In March of 2009, a 27 lawyer firm, located in Miami, named Zack Kosnitzky, merged into the New York firm Boies Schiller & Flexner. ref http michaelkosnitzky.com ?p 15 ref In November 2010, Boies Schiller laid off three associates who were all female. Two of the three associates had both worked for the firm s Short Hills, N.J., office until March 2009 when that office spun out into a separate firm. That firm, Stone & Magnanini, wasn t able to hire every Boies Schiller associate for its new operation. ref http dealbook.nytimes.com 2010 11 16 boies schiller lets go 3 associates ref On October 1, 2010, Boies Schiller was sued by a former client in a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court. G.K. Las Vegas Limited Partnership is seeking to force the firm to arbitrate a fee dispute before the American Arbitration Association and to place more than 5.04 million in disputed fees in escrow. G.K. claimed that it has already paid the firm 5 million and disputes its obligation to pay another 5.04 million. It alleges that Boies Schiller breached its agreement that Boies would serve as lead counsel and shirked its professional responsibilities ... Partner. Donald L. Flexner, Managing Partner. Christopher A. Boies, partner, and head of the Firm ... more details
inline citations date February 2011 Infobox person name AbrahamAbraham image alt caption birth date Birth date 1843 03 09 birth place death date Death date and age 1911 06 28 1843 03 09 death place Cherry Island, New York nationality United States American other names known for Founder of Abraham & Straus occupation Businessman AbrahamAbraham March 9, 1843 June 28, 1911 was an United States American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn, New York department store Abraham & Straus , founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores , is now part of Macy s . Early life Abraham s father was Judah Abraham , a native of Bavaria who left in 1837 and married Sarah Sussman en route to the United States. Soon after arrival, Judah Abraham opened a store on Murray Street in New York. In 1843 AbrahamAbraham was born. He had delicate health, and wanted to be a violinist. During the American Civil War Civil War , he ran away to Chicago to enlist, but was brought back by his father. At 14, he worked at Hart & Dettlebach of Newark, along with Simon Bloomingdale and Benjamin Altman for 1 a week. Career Abraham opened Wechsler & Abraham in Brooklyn in 1865 at 285 Fulton Street. The company later became Abraham & Straus . He became a Brooklyn philanthropist , establishing the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, among many other causes. In 1890, he commissioned a house, now demolished, at 800 St. Mark s Avenue in Brooklyn. Death and legacy AbrahamAbraham died on Cherry Island, near Alexandria Bay, New York . Among Abraham s many notable descendants are grandson Donald B ..., 1974. AbrahamAbraham, Merchant, Is Dead Sudden End of a Man of Notable Career, Known for His Broad ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Abraham, Abraham ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1843 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1911 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abraham, Abraham ... pl AbrahamAbraham sv AbrahamAbraham ... more details
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