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Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) — thyroid surgery; first surgeon to win the Nobel Prize. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781–1826) — inventor of the stethoscope. Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) — pioneer of epidemiology. Thomas Linacre (1460–1524) — founder of Royal College of Physicians.
Chartered on June 4, 1883, as the Western Pennsylvania Medical College, the school opened with a class of 57 students in September 1886. [6] Originally a free-standing school formed by local physicians, the college founders had sought affiliation with the Western University of Pennsylvania even prior to its founding, [7] and in 1892, the school became affiliated with the university becoming ...
Sheena Monnin – Miss Pennsylvania. Jenna Morasca – reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: The Amazon. Sharon Needles – drag queen, winner of season four of RuPaul's Drag Race. David Newell – TV actor, "Mr. McFeely" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Beth Ostrosky – model, TV personality, wife of Howard Stern.
Steve Swetonic – Major League Baseball player [17] Joe Walton – head coach of New York Jets, 1983–1989. Dave Wannstedt – coach for several NFL and college teams, including University of Pittsburgh. John Woodruff ( Col. 1939) – gold medalist in 800 meters at 1936 Berlin Olympics.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. UPMC is an American integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 100,000 employees, 40 hospitals with more than 8,000 licensed beds, 800 clinical locations including outpatient sites and doctors' offices, a 3.8 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and international ...
The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region, known as Jaödeogë’ in the Seneca language. [ 1] Eventually, European explorers encountered the strategic confluence where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, which leads to the Mississippi River.
Pittsburg State University. "By doing, learn." / 37.3913°N 94.7024°W / 37.3913; -94.7024. Pittsburg State University ( Pitt State or PSU) is a public university in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. It enrolls approximately 7,400 students (6,000 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students) and is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents .
www .statecollegepa .us. State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally, and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University . State College is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. [ 4]