Harvey Cushing, Class of 1891 (1869-1939). Called the “father of neurosurgery,” Cushing was a professor at Harvard and Yale medical schools, surgeon-in-chief of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning medical biographer. During World War I, Cushing’s specialized treatment of gunshot wounds to the head saved the lives of many seriously wounded soldiers. He also pioneered techniques that improved the survival of patients requiring difficult surgery for intercranial brain tumors and was one of the first advocates of X-rays. Through his teaching, a new generation of surgeons expanded the horizons of neurosurgery. The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale commemorates his accomplishments. The stamp above appeared in 1988.