Jeanne Kisacky
Jeanne Kisacky, architectural historian at Syracuse University, will present the Heberden Society Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. in Uris Faculty Room (A-126). The title of her lecture will be "From Chasing Air to Corralling Germs: Architectural Strategies of Disease Prevention in The New York Hospital to the 1930s."
Ms. Kisacky, an independent scholar and part-time faculty member at Syracuse University, holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University. She is also a Ph.D. graduate of Cornell University. The title of her Ph.D. dissertation is "An Architecture of Light and Air: Theories of Hygiene and the Building of The New York Hospital, 1771-1932." Much of the research for her dissertation was conducted at Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives.
The Heberden Society was established at the medical center in 1975 by a group of medical interns and residents who were interested in promoting the history of medicine. The society, which sponsors three lectures during each academic year, is named after Sir William Heberden the younger (1767-1845), who served as physician to King George III of England. King George III was the sovereign who granted the charter for The New York Hospital.