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Defining Moments

07/20/11 AT 4:44 PM
In 1962, twenty-two-year-old Jeanne Dougherty (Byrne) ’60, reviewed her patient charts in the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Research Unit. Accurate record-keeping was essential, as this was the first federally-supported unit in the country to study metabolic disorders in children. Byrne was promoted to head nurse just months before this photo was taken.

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