Location: Lobby, Building 38
Designed by:.C. Paul Jennewein.
Chiseled into the marble by: Mr. Bruno Mankowski.
![Dr. John Shaw Billings](/exhibition/tour/etching.jpg)
Portrait busts of Dr. John Shaw Billings, first director of the National Library of Medicine (1865-1895);
![Dr. Robert Fletcher](/exhibition/tour/etchingb.jpg)
Dr. Robert Fletcher, Principal Assistant Librarian (1876-1912);
![Dr. Fielding Garrison](/exhibition/tour/etchingc.jpg)
and Dr. Fielding Garrison, Principal Assistant Librarian, (1912-1917).
![Marble etching of first directors](/exhibition/tour/etchingd.jpg)
The impression desired and achieved is that of the founding fathers being inextricably imbedded in the fabric of the Library's structure.
Left to right: Garrison, Billings, Fletcher
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Last Reviewed: February 27, 2012