Charles S. Cameron, M.D. (1908-1998)

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Name/Title

Charles S. Cameron, M.D. (1908-1998)

Entry/Object ID

200.42

Made/Created

Artist

Anthony Wills

Date made

1968

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall Dimensions

Height

50 in

Width

40 in

Dimension Notes

Framed

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

A 1935 alumnus, Dr. Cameron held a Rockefeller Fellowship at New York’s Memorial Hospital (now known as Sloan-Kettering), then spent four years in the Navy. In 1946 he became Medical/Scientific Director of the American Cancer Society, and was author of the best-seller The Truth About Cancer. He was also widely credited for his very successful and life-saving promotion of the Pap smear. Dr. Cameron was Hahnemann’s Dean from 1956 to1960, and then became the institution’s first full-time president, serving from 1961 to 1973. He is recognized as the creator of the “New Hahnemann.” Cameron developed the first full-time clinical faculty, the College of Allied Health Sciences, a 25-year facilities-improvement plan, and a focus on research funding.