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.

Bierring, Walter L. (Walter Lawrence), 1868-1961

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University of Rochester. School of Medicine and Dentistry

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Alpha Omega Alpha

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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 ...

Fenn, Wallace O.

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Fenn was a member of the Dept. of Physiology of the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (N.Y.) from 1924 to 1971, and chairman from 1924 to 1959. He was known for his pioneer work in muscle metabolism, electrolyte physiology, the physiology of respiration, and space & undersea medicine. From the description of Papers, 1915-1971. (University of Rochester Medical Center). WorldCat record id: 18940313 ...

Root, William Webster, 1867-1932.

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