Dartmouth Names Medical School in Honor Of Dr. Zeuss

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Dartmouth Names Medical School in Honor of Audrey and Theodor Geisel

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Fourth Oldest Medical School in the U.S.


Audrey and Theodor Seuss Geisel
Hanover, N.H.—Dartmouth College announced today the naming of its medical school, founded in 1797, in honor of Audrey and Theodor Geisel. Their generosity to Dartmouth during their lifetimes and through their estate plan renders the Geisel family the most significant philanthropist to Dartmouth in its history. Theodor "Ted" Geisel, known worldwide as the author and illustrator, "Dr. Seuss," was a Dartmouth graduate of the Class of 1925.

"Naming our school of medicine in honor of Audrey and Ted Geisel is a tribute to two individuals whose work continues to change the world for the better," said Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim. "Ted Geisel lived out the Dartmouth ethos of thinking differently and creatively to illuminate the world's challenges and the opportunities for understanding and surmounting them. His vivid storytelling—with its whimsical imagery, fanciful phrasing and deeper meaning—lives on and raises children's literacy around the world to new heights by entertaining, amusing, and educating. Audrey and Ted Geisel have cared deeply for this institution, and we are enormously proud to announce this lasting partnership."

"Ted and Audrey Geisel's work and life serve as a timeless example for our future physicians at the Geisel School of Medicine," said Wiley "Chip" Souba, vice president for health affairs and dean of the medical school. "We teach our students to be compassionate, to pursue new knowledge that benefits their patients, and to have the courage and humility to make a profound difference in the lives of others."

"Ted would be proud to have his name forever connected to one of America's finest schools of medicine ... a school that's doing much good in the world," said Audrey Geisel, who was married to Ted from 1968 until his death in 1991. "Given my background as a nurse, this moving gesture on the part of Dartmouth joins Ted's great love of his alma mater and my passion of caring for others through the practice of medicine."

http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2012/04/04_geisel.shtml

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