The Harold Varmus Papers

Title:: [Harold Varmus at the unveiling of his NIH Director's portrait (image 1)]

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Description:: Standing beside Dr. Varmus (who had since left NIH three years earlier to head the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York) is current NIH Director Elias Zerhouni.; At the ceremony, Varmus gave an art history lesson on the portrait, which has him in the foreground seated and looking gregarious in an open-collared shirt, and a prominent backdrop featuring a famous painting, executed by Jacques Louis David in 1788, of French scientist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife Marie Pierette Paulze. The work was from artist John R. Friedman, whose portraits of other scientific leaders interested Varmus enough to commission him.; More on the ceremony can be found in the 18 February 2003 edition of the NIH Record.
Number of Image Pages:: 1 (159,928 Bytes)
Date Supplied:: 15 January 2003
Creator:: [Crawford, John]; [National Institutes of Health]
Source:: Original Repository: National Institutes of Health. Office of NIH History; This image may also be accessed from the Office of NIH History Archives.; URL: http://www.history.nih.gov/; Image ID: 4826
Rights:: This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
Exhibit Category:: Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999
Relation:: [Harold Varmus at the unveiling of his NIH Director's portrait (image 2)] [15 January 2003]; Varmus Portrait Dedicated in Bldg. 1 (February 18, 2003)
Unique Identifier:: MVBBPC
Document Type:: Photographic prints
Format:: image/jpeg; image/tif
Physical Condition:: Good
Folder: [Selected photographs gathered from the Office of NIH History Archives]
Metadata Last Modified Date:: 2006-10-24

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