Event Today at the Tompkins-McCaw Library, 2/26!
Above and Beyond: A Celebration of the Legacies of the Leonard Graduates
Monday, February 26, 2007
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Distance Education, Rm. 2-010
509 North 12th Street
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
This lecture chronicles the legacies of the graduates of the Leonard Medical School, a former department of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In existence from 1882 -1918, this historically black medical school produced over four hundred graduates. Elvatrice Parker Belsches will discuss the major contributions of these graduates on the City of Richmond, the state of Virginia and various medical organizations. Parker Belsches, MA, RPh, is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. Free and open to the public. For special accommodations contact user services at 804-828-2004.
Sponsored by VCU Libraries Friends of the Library.
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