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Flexner
Flexner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Flexner (1866–1959), American educator, author of the Flexner Report *Bernard Flexner (1882–1946), New York lawyer, prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America * Eleanor Flexner (1908–1995), independent scholar and pioneer in the field of women's studies * James Thomas Flexner (1908–2003), prolific writer on American art history, wrote a four-volume biography of George Washington *Jennie Maas Flexner (1882–1944), librarian and author * Simon Flexner (1863–1946), physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania * Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990), lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions See also *Boies, Schiller & Flexner Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is a national law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Flexner
Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959) was an American educator, best known for his role in the 20th century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada. After founding and directing a college-preparatory school in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Flexner published a critical assessment of the state of the American educational system in 1908 titled ''The American College: A Criticism''. His work attracted the Carnegie Foundation to commission an in-depth evaluation into 155 medical schools in the US and Canada. It was his resultant self-titled ''Flexner Report'', published in 1910, that sparked the reform of medical education in the United States and Canada. Flexner was also a founder of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, which brought together some of the greatest minds in history to collaborate on intellectual discovery and research. Biography Early life and education Flexner was born in Louisville, Kentucky on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flexner Report
The ''Flexner Report'' is a book-length landmark report of medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation. Many aspects of the present-day American medical profession stem from the ''Flexner Report'' and its aftermath. The Flexner report has been criticized for introducing policies that encouraged systemic racism. The ''Report'', also called Carnegie Foundation Bulletin Number Four, called on American medical schools to enact higher admission and graduation standards, and to adhere strictly to the protocols of mainstream science in their teaching and research. The report talked about the need for revamping and centralizing medical institutions. Many American medical schools fell short of the standard advocated in the ''Flexner Report'' and, subsequent to its publication, nearly half of such schools merged or were closed outright. Colleges in electrotherapy were closed. Homeopathy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Maas Flexner
Jennie Maas Flexner (November 6, 1882 – November 17, 1944) was a librarian, a suffragist and author. Life Jennie Maas Flexner was born November 6, 1882, in Louisville, Kentucky to Jacob Aaron Flexner and Rosa Maas. Both her parents were of deep German-Jewish ancestry. She was the oldest of five children, with one brother and three sisters. Flexner and her siblings experienced a family life full of generous scholarly encouragements and educational backing. Her family was always very supportive and pushed her to pursue an education and develop a career that fit her personality and abilities. She went to local public school and graduated from Commercial High School in Louisville at the age of 17. After graduating high school, she went to work for her uncle as a secretary. After that, she worked for The Louisville Herald. It was not until a conversation with her mother and a family friend, that Flexner was encouraged to try for a position at the new library in Louisville, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Flexner
Eleanor Flexner (October 4, 1908 – March 25, 1995) was an American distinguished independent scholar and pioneer in what was to become the field of women's studies. Her much praised ''Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States'', originally published in 1959, relates women's physically courageous and politically ingenious work for the vote to other 19th- and early 20th-century social, labor, and reform movements, most importantly the push for equal education, the abolition of slavery, and temperance laws. Family Flexner was the younger of two highly intelligent daughters of well-known parents. Her mother, Anne Crawford Flexner (1874-1955), a successful playwright and children's author, organized professional playwrights into an association that later became the Dramatists Guild of the Author's League of America. Eleanor's father, Abraham Flexner (1866-1959), was a leader in several fields including, with his brother Simon Flexner at the Rockefeller Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Flexner
Simon Flexner, M.D. (March 25, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky – May 2, 1946) was a physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania (1899–1903). He served as the first director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901–1935) (later developed as Rockefeller University) and a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. He was also a friend and adviser to John D. Rockefeller Jr. Among Flexner's most important achievements are studies into poliomyelitis and the development of serum treatment for meningitis. Among his lab assistants were Hideyo Noguchi and Cornelius Rhoads, later directors of Memorial Hospital and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, respectively. The bacteria species ''Shigella flexneri'' was named in recognition of Flexner. In addition, Flexner was the first to describe Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes, a characteristic finding in retinoblastoma, a type of cancer. Early life and career Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomas Flexner
James Thomas Flexner (January 13, 1908 – February 13, 2003) was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award in Biography"National Book Awards – 1973" National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 17, 2012. and a special Pulitzer Prize. His one-volume abridgment, ''Washington: the Indispensable Man'' (1974) was the basis of two television miniseries, '' George Washington'' (1984) and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is a national law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller, in 1997, who, in 1999, were joined by Donald L. Flexner, former partner with Crowell & Moring, then forming Boies, Schiller & Flexner. The firm has become known for its involvement in high-profile litigation, having represented the Department of Justice in the antitrust action ''United States v. Microsoft'', as well as Vice President Gore in the Supreme Court case '' Bush v. Gore.'' More recently, Boies successfully challenged the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 in '' Perry v. Brown,'' and represented the National Football League in the antitrust litigation initiated by the players' union. The firm has drawn controversy for its aggressive tactics during representation of Harvey Weinstein amidst sexual abuse allegations and the now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos. Notable clients Among other high-profile clients, Boie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Berg Flexner
Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990) was a lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ..., editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including ''I Hear America Talking'' and ''Listening to America''; as co-editor of the '' Dictionary of American Slang'' and as chief editor of the '' Random House Dictionary, Second Edition''. Personal life Flexner was the son of David Flexner and Gertrude Berg. He was twice married, first to Miriam Bogen and then to Doris Louise Hurcomb. Bibliography * ''How to Increase Your Word Power'' (1971) * ''Family Word Finder: A New Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms in Dictionary Form'' (1975) * ''I Hear America Talking: An Illustrated Treasury of American Words and Phrases'' (1976) * ''Listening t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Flexner
Bernard Flexner (1865–1945), a New York lawyer, was a prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America. Flexner was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a family that immigrated from Europe in the early 1860s. He studied law in the University of Louisville and the University of Virginia. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1898. He practiced law until 1914, when he became active in public activity. He was chair of a Juvenile court board in Louisville and in 1917 participated in a Red cross delegation to Romania. He served as counsel for the Zionist delegation to the Paris Peace Conference (1918–1919) and in 1925 he was one of the founders of the ''Palestine Economic Corporation'' (PEC). He served as president of PEC until 1931 and afterwards was chairman of the director council of the PEC.M. A. NovomeyskyBernard Flexner in Memoriam The Palestine Post, 14/05/1945 He was one of the founders of the Council on Foreign Relations. His papers are held in the Seeley G. Mudd Manusc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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