On Nov. 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. He specified…
On Mar. 19, 1895, ground was broken for the St. Joseph’s Hospital, now known as St. Joseph’s Hospital…
In 1895, the John A. Creighton Medical College established it first permanent home, funded by John A. Creighton,…
On Apr. 2, 1894, Esther Clayton graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Clayson…
In 1894, the Medical College of Virginia medical curriculum was lengthened to three years.
In 1894, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine welcomed its first class.
On Feb. 16, 1893, the Agricultural College of the State of Montana was founded as the state’s land-grant…
On Feb. 13, 1893, the Montana State Legislature authorized the creation of the University of Montana. The University…
In 1893, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine opened in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins, a famous Baltimore businessman,…
In 1893, Provident Hospital, the first non-segregated hospital in the U.S, was founded in Chicago by Dr. Daniel…
In 1893, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, later the University College of Medicine, was established by Dr….
On Jan. 13, 1892, the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, now known as Washington State University…
In 1892, The Wistar Institute, the nation’s first independent biomedical research facility, was founded and is the namesake…
In 1891, Louise Lulu Fleming became the first African American to attend The Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia.
On Dec. 24, 1890, the University of Central Oklahoma was founded by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature as the…
On Sept. 30, 1889, the Saint Marys Hospital opened with 27 beds in Rochester. William Worrall Mayo and…
On May 7, 1889, the Johns Hopkins medical hospital in Baltimore opened. Hopkins’ vision was a hospital that…
On Mar. 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD became the first American Indian woman in the U.S….
On Feb. 28, 1889, the New Mexico State University (NMSU), located in Las Cruces, was founded as a…
In 1891, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first master of science degree was awarded to Charles N….
In 1887, The University of Oregon chartered a state medical school in Portland and begins the University of…
On Oct 13, 1885, the Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Institute of Technology) opened its doors. The School’s…
In 1884, New York Cancer Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper West Side (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) was founded by…
In 1883, the term germplasm was coined by German scientist August Weismann. Weismann proposed the theory of the…
In 1883, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley becomes chief chemist, expanding the Bureau of Chemistry’s food adulteration studies. Campaigning…
On Feb. 18, 1881, an act of the U.S. Congress dedicated for university purposes in Montana seventy-two sections…
In 1881, Nebraskaﾒs first medical college was reorganized and renamed the Omaha Medical College. Today, the University of…
In 1881, the Medical College of South Carolina (as it was then known) was already a venerable institution,…
On Oct. 6, 1880, University of Southern California College of Medicine (USC) was established, the first in Southern…
In 1880, Nebraska’s first medical college was founded, and in 1881 the college was reorganized and renamed the…