Abstract
JOHN EVANS was a giant among men. He dominated and contributed to many areas of human endeavor. His activity in medicine alone included a professorship at Rush Medical College, investigations leading to an understanding of the transmission and control of cholera, including passage of the National Quarantine Law, promotion of medical education, editorship of a medical journal, and participation in the organization of the Chicago Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Moreover, he was founder and first superintendent of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane and pursued a distinguished career as an obstetrician. Most of us would be satisfied, indeed, with a life that included such accomplishments. To John Evans his work in medicine was just one of many fields of activity in which he distinguished himself. Educator, financier, railroad builder, statesman, and churchman, he was a founder of Northwestern University and the University of Denver, brought the
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