US Army Medical Corps and practiced as a physician and surgeon throughout New York in addition to organizing and serving as the first Superintendent of the New York State Police. Charles W. Berry was New York City Comptroller. Serb politician and accused war criminal Radovan Karadžić studied at Columbia for a year. Former NBA player Mark Pope attended P&S, but left to coach college basketball. John L. Leal's application of chlorine disinfection technology and his defense of the chemical's use, contributed significantly to the eradication of typhoid fever and other waterborne diseases in the U.S. Robert Ernest Noble, who received his M.D. in 1899 was a U.S. Army medical officer who researched causes and treatments for yellow fever and malaria during construction of the Panama Canal. After his service in France during World War I, he was the longtime director of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. See also Columbia University in popular culture References External links Columbia University NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System Schools of medicine in New York City Washington Heights, Manhattan Educational institutions established in 1767 1767 establishments in the Province of New York Ivy League medical schools