Drexel University

Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University. The medical school has the nation's largest enrollment for a... private medical school, and represents the consolidation of two medical schools: the nation's first medical school for women and the first U.S. college of homeopathy. The College is currently housed at two locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Queen Lane Campus and Hahnemann University Hospital, which serves as the university's Center City Hahnemann Campus. Drexel University College of Medicine went through many name changes throughout its history. The medical school began as two separate medical schools: Hahnemann Medical College and Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The subsequent merger of the two schools, and with Drexel University assuming the leadership, created the College of Medicine in its present form. The US News and World Report ranks Drexel University College of Medicine 89 for overall research rank though primary care overall is not ranked.
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Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining , born Elizabeth Janet Gray and also known as Elizabeth Gray Vining, was a professional librarian who tutored Emperor... Akihito of Japan in English while he was the crown prince. She was also a noted author of children's literature. Vining was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a graduate of Germantown Friends School and Bryn Mawr College, class of 1923. In 1925, she earned a degree in library science from the nearby Drexel Institute, and in 1926 she became a librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1929, she married Morgan Fisher Vining, associate director of the Extension Division of the same university. The marriage ended in 1933 with her husband's death in a New York City automobile accident, in which she was severely injured. During her convalescence, she converted to the Quaker faith. Vining soon became known as an author, primarily of children's books, and was awarded the 1943 Newbery Medal for Adam of the Road. She had authored eleven books by the end of World War II.
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