The University of Oregon Medical School moved from downtown Portland to its present location on Marquam Hill in southwest Portland

In 1919, The University of Oregon Medical School moved from downtown Portland to its present location on Marquam Hill in southwest Portland. The first building is named after Kenneth A.J. Mackenzie, M.D., the school’s second dean. Mackenzie was also the railroad’s surgeon..

The University of Oregon Medical School offered a Master’s degrees in Anatomy, Bacteriology and Hygiene, Experimental Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Physiology the following year.

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Source: University of Oregon, School of Medicine
Credit: University of Oregon Medical School, “Medical Science Building [now Mackenzie Hall], Marquam Hill, 1921,” courtesy: OHSU Digital Commons.