faculty of Harvard University and pioneer in the field of toxicology H.H. Holmes – one of the first documented American serial killers Tomo Inouye – first Japanese woman to graduate from U of M Medical School (in 1901) Sophia B. Jones – first black woman to graduate from U of M Medical School (in 1885) Ida Kahn – together with Mary Stone, first Asians to graduate from U of M (in 1896) Jack Kevorkian – controversial proponent of the legalization of euthanasia Josiah K. Lilly Jr. – Chairman and President of Eli Lilly and Company Howard Markel – physician, medical historian, editor, and best-selling author William James Mayo – co-founder of the Mayo Clinic Karin Muraszko – first woman chair of neurological surgery in the U.S. Elizabeth Nabel – cardiologist, director of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Reed M. Nesbit – urologist, pioneer of transurethral resection of the prostate Marshall Warren Nirenberg – biochemist, received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1968) for the elucidation of how codons are utilized for protein synthesis Antonia Novello – first woman and first Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993 Steven C. Quay, researcher and author Melvyn Rubenfire – cardiologist, Director of The Preventive Cardiology Department Eric B. Schoomaker – Surgeon General of the United States Army Sherman Silber – physician and infertility specialist Mary Stone – together with Ida Kahn, first Asians to graduate from U of M (in 1896) Homer Stryker – founder of Stryker Corporation. William E. Upjohn (MED: MD 1875) (June 15, 1853 – October 18, 1932) – founder and president of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company. Aldred Scott Warthin – pathologist, "father of cancer genetics" References External links University Hospital (Old Main) University of Michigan campus University of Michigan Educational institutions established in 1850 Hospital networks in the United States Healthcare in Michigan Teaching hospitals in Michigan 1850 establishments in Michigan Medical schools in Michigan