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Marion Spencer Fay (1898 – May  20, 1990) was an American physician, dean, teacher, and advocate. She was President and Dean of
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP) was founded in 1850, and was the second medical institution in the world established to train women in medicine to earn the M.D. degree. The New England Female Medical College had been established ...
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Legacy

Fay died in 1990, however her legacy lives on in the establishment of the Marion Spencer Fay Award. This award is given to a female physician who has made significant scientific strides, and who displays potential to continue doing so.


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References

*''Pennsylvania Medical Journal''. "PMJ Interview with Marion Spencer Fay, Ph.D.: Former President and Dean, Woman's Medical College," (1964 February), 25–26. *Peitzman, Steven J. ''A New and Untried Course: Woman’s Medical College and Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850–1998''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 200. *Drexel University College of Medicine. Marion Spencer Fay Award. (http://www.drexelmed.edu), accessed October 29, 2020. *Keene, Clifford H. ''Pioneer-Pacesetter-Innovator: The Story of the Medical College of Pennsylvania''. New York: The Newcomen Society of North America, 1971. *''Philadelphia Inquirer''. "Marion Spencer Fay, 93," 1990 May 22. *''Medical Woman's Journal''. "Dean Marion Fay, Ph.D," Vol. 59, No. 7. (1952 July), 21–22, 24. 1990 deaths Place of death missing 1898 births Tulane University People from Baltimore 19th-century American philanthropists {{Louisiana-stub