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Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society was founded in 1902 by William Webster Root and five other medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. Root viewed the society as a protest against "a condition which associated the name medical student with rowdyism, boorishness, immorality, and low educational ideals." Root and his fellow medical students met to form a society that would foster honesty and formulate higher ideals of scholastic achievement.

From the description of Alpha Omega Alpha archives, 1894-1968. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14322497
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referencedIn University of Kansas Student Organizations Records, 1886- University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives
referencedIn Alpha Omega Alpha. Alpha chapter (Duke University). Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha chapter records, 1931-2002. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Wilson, Robert, 1867-1946. Robert Wilson Dean's Records 1899-1938. Medical University of South Carolina Libraries
referencedIn National Fraternity Journals, 1880- University of Illinois Archives
referencedIn Cornatzer, W. E. (William E.). Papers, 1941-1992 University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library
creatorOf Alpha Omega Alpha. Alpha Omega Alpha archives, 1894-1968. National Library of Medicine
referencedIn Royster, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), 1874-1953. Fraternity keys from six honorary societies [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Leaders in American medicine, transcripts of videotaped interviews History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
referencedIn Robert Edward Dawson Papers, 1939-1998 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn National Fraternity Publications, 1810- University of Illinois Archives
creatorOf Alpha Omega Alpha. The Alpha Omega Alpha honorary fraternity by virtue of the authority granted to it by the State of Illinois grants to Professor Wallace O. Fenn ... [et al.] the power to establish a chapter of this society at the University of Rochester in this 1st day of May, 1929. University of Rochester Medical Center
referencedIn Davison, Wilburt Cornell, 1892-1972. Wilburt Cornell Davison papers, 1881-1972. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
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associatedWith Bierring, Walter Lawrence, 1868-1961. person
associatedWith Cornatzer, W. E. (William E.) person
associatedWith Davison, Wilburt Cornell, 1892-1972. person
associatedWith Dawson, Robert Edward, 1918- person
associatedWith Fenn, Wallace O. 1893- person
associatedWith Howe, Stewart S., 1905-1973 person
associatedWith Root, William Webster, 1867-1932. person
associatedWith Royster, Lawrence T. (Lawrence Thomas), 1874-1953. person
associatedWith University of Kansas. Libraries. University Archives. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Rochester. School of Medicine and Dentistry. corporateBody
associatedWith Wilson, Robert, 1867-1946. person
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