(l to r): Kendall Emerson (1907-1993), Alix Churchill, Eleanor Brown Merrill (b. 1887), Frederick D. Hopkins

Summary

Dr. Kendall Emerson (1907-1993), a physician, was managing director of the National Tuberculosis Association from 1922 to 1947; Dr. Alix Churchill, who was visiting United States on speaking tour in September 1935, was Associate Secretary General of the International Association for Prevention of Blindness and Executive Secretary of the International Union Against Tuberculosis; Mrs. Eleanor Brown Merrill (b. 1887) was associate director of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness; Frederick D. Hopkins was executive secretary of the National Tuberculosis Association and worked there from 1915 to 1955.

Subject

• Churchill, Alix
• Emerson, Kendall 1907-1993
• Hopkins, Frederick D
• Merrill, Eleanor Brown b. 1887
• International Union against Tuberculosis
• National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
• National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
• International Association for Prevention of Blindness

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0104

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

• Prevention
• Blindness
• Women scientists
• Diseases
• Blindness--Prevention
• Tuberculosis--Prevention

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0104]