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MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S FIRST COMMENCEMENT Friday, May 17, 1985 Martin Luther King Jr. International Memorial Chapel [[image - Morehouse School of Medicine logo]] THE LEGACY BEGINS May 17, 1985. A milestone in American history, medical history, black history. On this day, 20 men and women fulfilled their lifelong dreams and became physicians. Even more important, the dream of a healthier, more hopeful future for the medically underserved populations of rural and inner city America became more of a reality. On May 17, 1985, the Morehouse School of Medicine, the first predominantly black medical institution founded in this century, graduated its first class. [Image] LOUIS W. SULLIVAN, M.D., MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S PRESIDENT AND DEAN. [Image] BARBARA P. BUSH, MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TRUSTEE, AND WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, BRINGS GREETNGS [[greetings]] FROM PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. [Image] DELEGATES FROM THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES ATTENDED THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT. [Image] AT LEFT IS MSM TRUSTEE WARREN G. JACKSON, PRESIDENT, CIRCULATION EXPERTI, HARTSDALE, N.Y., WITH MSM'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT, JOSEPH N. GAYLES, JR., Ph.D. 60
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Wasn't sure how to indicate the Morehouse Medicine logo