Ernest Wilfred April (1939 - 2021) was a professional

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) is the graduate medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded i ...

who gained prominence for his controversial defense of the use of Nazi medical drawings in anatomy textbooks. He was best known for championing ''Pernkopf atlas'', a volume composed by leading Austrian Nazi

Eduard Pernkopf Eduard Pernkopf (November 24, 1888 – April 17, 1955) was an Austrian professor of anatomy who later served as rector of the University of Vienna, his ''alma mater''. He is best known for his seven-volume anatomical atlas, ''Topographische Anatom ...

. April described the atlas as "a phenomenal book, very complete and thorough and authoritative." April earned his undergraduate degree at

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

in 1961 and his Ph.D. in anatomy from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1969. He was appointed course director of gross anatomy in 1971 and served in that position until 2009. He stepped down from his teaching role after a Title IX investigation in 2010. In addition to running the human anatomy program at Columbia University, April served for many years as a Republican and Conservative councilman in

Rutherford, New Jersey Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,834. Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, fr ...

.New job for man about town, The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Jan 2, 2003

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{{DEFAULTSORT:April, Ernest American anatomists Tufts University alumni Columbia University faculty New Jersey city council members People from Rutherford, New Jersey 1939 births 2021 deaths