founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Myron S. Cohen – Protocol chair for the HPTN 052 study which was regarded by the journal Science as the breakthrough of the year in 2011 Ruth Darrow – physician who first identified the cause of hemolytic disease of the newborn Daniel Downs – Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and of the Wisconsin State Senate Samuel Abbott Ferrin – Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Evarts Graham – Thoracic surgeon best known for his research linking smoking to lung cancer Edwin Herman Lennette — virologist and pioneer of diagnostic virology Julian Herman Lewis – African-American pathologist known for his research on medicine and race Andrew Caldwell Mailer – Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1897 to 1901 Robert E. Minahan – Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin Clem Neacy – End and tackle in the NFL, surgeon C. A. Robins – Governor of Idaho (1947–1951) Dean Harold Noyes – Dean of Oregon Dental School Benoni Reynolds – Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1876 and of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1878 to 1879 James C. Reynolds – Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and of the Wisconsin State Senate See also James Oliver Van de Velde, Bishop of Chicago, founder of hospital taken over by Rush Medical College Rush University Medical Center Rush University Illinois Medical District West Loop References Bibliography Irons, Ernest E. (1953). The Story of Rush Medical College. Chicago: Board of Trustees of Rush Medical College. External links Guide to the Rush Medical College Records 1923-1941 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center Medical schools in Illinois 1837 establishments in Illinois Educational institutions established in 1837