carrel

TAFT!!

Taft attended a reception at City College in New York for Dr Alexis Carrel, who had won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1912. The event took place on on Nov 16, 1912. The event was hosted by the President of the City College of New York Dr. John H. Finley. Perhaps the caption should read Dr. Finley not "D.R. Finley". Finley was the 3rd President of City College of NY, serving as President 1903 to 1913. Article from NYTimes describing the event honoring Dr. Carrel: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E5DE1E3AE633A... Article from Wikipedia about City College, mentioning its Presidents: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_College_of_New_York Article about Nobel Prize winner and honoree: Dr. Alexis Carrel (is he in the photo perhaps?) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Carrel

This article from NYT next day has photo from the big reception with caption identifying Dr. Carrel and also President Finley query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6DE1E3AE633A... and here is photo of Dr. Carrel, from this Flicker/LOC set: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405656016/in/p...

It does look as though it ought to be "Dr." Finley. Thanks for noting it and for the clues as to the likely event. We'll add the subject note!

"She" looks masculine.

I was thinking that exact thing. Quote marks and everything. Scary

Alexis Carrel (1873-1944), French surgeon and eugenicist, won 1912 Nobel Prize in Physiology: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Carrel His wife was the former Anne-Marie-Laure Gourlez de La Motte. They married in 1913; she was a widow, Mme. de la Meyrie, with one son at the time. In the summer of 1914, while she was pregnant, she was stung by a bee and miscarried as a result of her severe allergic reaction. She lived into the 1970s.

Here's a good look at Dr. Carrel:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Carrel

Seen on earlier passages:

swanq thanks for linking to earlier discussions identifying Dr. Carrel. Will update the records with the previous information.