Marion Spencer Fay

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Marion Spencer Fay
Born1898
Died1990
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician, dean, and teacher

Marion Spencer Fay (1898 – May  20th, 1990) was a Louisiana physician, dean, teacher, and advocate. She was President and Dean of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

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Fay died in 1990, however her legacy lives on in the establishment of the Marion Spencer Fay Award. This award is given to a female physician who has made significant scientific strides, and who displays potential to continue doing so.

References[]

Pennsylvania Medical Journal. “PMJ Interview with Marion Spencer Fay, Ph.D.: Former President and Dean, Woman’s Medical College,” (1964 February), 25-26.

Peitzman, Steven J. A New and Untried Course: Woman’s Medical College and Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1998. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 200.

Drexel University College of Medicine. Marion Spencer Fay Award. (http://www.drexelmed.edu), accessed October 29, 2020.

Keene, Clifford H. Pioneer-Pacesetter-Innovator: The Story of the Medical College of Pennsylvania. New York: The Newcomen Society of North America, 1971.

Philadelphia Inquirer. “Marion Spencer Fay, 93,” 1990 May 22.

Medical Woman’s Journal. “Dean Marion Fay, Ph.D,” Vol. 59, No. 7. (1952 July), 21-22, 24.

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