1866-1959
Medical Educator

Report.

Flexner's Education.

A Study of Medical Schools.

The Need for Reform.

Recommendations.

Raising Educational Standards.

Realizing His Ideas.

Flexner's primary interest remained medical education, and many of his ideas were realized when he was given $5 million by Louis Bamburger and his sister, Mrs. Felix Fuld. Flexner used the money to establish the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1930. The institute brought scholars, including Albert Einstein, together and gave them freedom to pursue conceptual research. The institute remains a leading educational center and is a testament to Flexner's belief in scholastic excellence.

Sources:

Abraham Flexner, Abraham Flexner: An Autobiography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960);

Geoffrey Marks and William K. Beatty, The Story of Medicine in America (New York: Scribners, 1973), pp. 203-209.