![Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana](../../assets/md5images/007ba8c2f9f7b20b26ed4b229bc29542.jpg)
Artifacts
Files
Download Full Text (11.8 MB)
Creator Role
sculptor producer issuer
Description
The medal's obverse depicts the quarter left profile of William Crawford Gorgas, the 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and promoter of sanitary programs in Panama to combat yellow fever and malaria. A mosquito is pictured just over his proper left shoulder. On the medal's reverse, two shirtless men work back-to-back. One wields a shovel while the other holds a pickax.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1969
Measurement
1 3/4 inches (diameter)
Materials and Techniques Display
bronze
Inscription
obverse: WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS / 1854 / 1920 / ABRAM BELSKIE / Sc. reverse: THE HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS / 1969 / PANAMA / AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y.
Subjects
Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920; New York University. Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Work Type
commemorative medal
Class
coins & medals
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
3154.23
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
![William Crawford Gorgas Commemorative Medal (from Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University Medal Series)](https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-artifacts/2812/thumbnail.jpg)