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Berkey, Vernon A., Collection, Circa 1940-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
Berkey, Vernon A., Collection, Circa 1940-1960, Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library
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A collection of medical equipment of Dr. Vernon A. Berkey, who worked in the medical field from 1943-2000.
Elizabeth Berkey Moore, daughter of Dr. Vernon Atkeson Berkey, donated the collection. Dr. Berkey (1918-2012) studied at Kansas University and graduated from KU Medical School in 1943, joining the US Army Medical Corps shortly after. He worked at a field hospital in the Philippines before being transferred to Fort Devin, Massachusetts as a Hospital Commander. Afterwards, he completed a fellowship in radiology at Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Berkey then began working at Wadsworth Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas during which he met …