Honoring Carola Eisenberg, M.D.

WHEREAS, Dr. Eisenberg has been named recipient of the Alma Dea Morani, M.D., Renaissance Woman Award of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine. She is singularly appropriate for this high honor, for she has brought new and exciting initiatives to the practice of medicine, especially for women and minorities. She was born in Argentina and educated in medicine at the University of Buenos Aires; and

WHEREAS, After Dr. Eisenberg came to the United States, she became a United States citizen in 1949, and studied and worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She moved to Boston in 1958 and in 1972, she became Dean for Student Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1978, she became Dean for Student Affairs at the Harvard Medical School. She was the first woman at each school to hold that position; and

WHEREAS, Her influence on students and colleagues has been profound. In 1981, she was invited to be the commencement speaker at Harvard Medical School, which suggests how powerful and inspirational she had become. Her vision, intellect, sensitivity and compassion have combined to make her a highly popular speaker and writer, and her paper, “It’s Still a Privilege to be a Physician” is a classic, beloved by students and practicing doctors alike; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Carola Eisenberg is a clinical psychiatrist who has had a major impact at M.I.T. and at the Harvard Medical School. She has had a long and influential relationship with Physicians for Human Rights, becoming an officer and establishing a course at Harvard Medical School on human rights and international medicine. She has made four human rights missions, including two to El Salvador. She has expanded the minds and souls of untold thousands of students and doctors. She is held in absolutely the highest esteem by all that know her. She brings distinction to her profession; she brings pride to us all; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor Dr. Carola Eisenberg, recipient of the Alma Dea Morani, M.D. Renaissance Woman Award. We thank her for her inspirational role in medicine around the world, and we thank her for her ongoing commitment to her ideals.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Carola Eisenberg as evidence of the enormous admiration and deep respect of this legislative body.

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