Anne and Victor McKusick with Virginia Apgar Anne and Victor McKusick with Virginia Apgar

Contributor(s): Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives. Victor Almon McKusick Collection Publication: Produced: [ca. 1966] Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: Caption on back reads, "probably 1966, World Congress of Human Genetics in Chicago.". Dr. Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), pioneering neonatologist and developer of the Apgar Score for evaluating newborns, was the director of the Division of Congenital Malformations at the March of Dimes from 1959. She was responsible for reviewing grant applications, raising public and professional awareness of birth defects and the research in progress, and encouraging support for research in this area, often traveling thousands of miles every year.. Apgar is to Victor McKusick's left. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584632X61 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: JQBBFH Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584632X61 Archival Collection: The Victor A. McKusick Papers (Profiles in Science)