Welcome to the Fishbein Center
The Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine supports teaching and research in the history of science and medicine at the University of Chicago.
Endowed by Dr. Morris Fishbein, long time editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and his wife Anna Fishbein, the Fishbein Center was inaugurated in 1970 to encourage the study of the history of science and medicine at the University of Chicago. The Center serves as the home for students enrolled in history of science through the Department of History.