洛克菲勒大学的开拓者:西蒙·弗莱克斯纳

西蒙·弗莱克斯纳 (1863年~1946年) , 病理学家, 1903年~1935年担任洛克菲勒医学研究所首任所长, 他认为研究所应为优秀科学家联盟, 他消除种族、文化、性别和学术背景差异广招人才, 重视物理学、化学及生物学对医学科学的影响, 主张打破学科界限跨学科交流与合作。在弗莱克斯纳领导下, 到20世纪30年代, 洛克菲勒医学研究所在病毒学、细菌学、病理学和酶学等领域达到世界领先水平, 开辟了洛克菲勒研究所发展历史上的第一个黄金时代, 西蒙·弗莱克斯纳可谓洛克菲勒大学的开拓者和领路人。

The Trailblazer of The Rockefeller University: Simon Flexner

Simon Flexner (1863~1946), apathologist and the director of The Rockefeller Medical Institute from 1903 to 1935, insisted that the institute should be the collection of distinguished scientists and invited scholars without consideration of the differences of their race, culture, sex and scientific background.He attached great importance to the influence of physics, chemistry and biology on medical science and inspired researchers to communicate and cooperate closely with each other while breaking the boundary of scientific fields.Under the leadership of Flexner, The Rockefeller Medical Institute had been the leading center of virology, bacteriology, pathology and enzymology since 1930s.The Flexner years became the first golden age in the history of the institute.Simon Flexner was the trailblazer of The Rockefeller University.