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O, Abraham Flexner! . . . We have fought with you on minor points, have alternately admired and disliked you, have applauded you for your wisdom and detested you for opinionatedness. But in just retrospect, layman as you are, we hail you as the father . . . or, better, the uncle of modern medical education in America. —Dr. Hans Zinsser (1878-1940)1 Abraham Flexner (1866—1959) On the evening of April 23, 1956, a spry and distinguished 89-year-old Abraham Flexner was honored in the Great Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in New York City in front of over 300 attendees, including the deans of 57 out of 81 medical schools in the United States. He received the prestigious Frank H. Lahey Memorial Award for “outstanding leadership in medical education,” presented on behalf of three organizations: the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the National Fund for Medical Education (NFME). He was hailed as the man who made “the greatest single co

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