The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State announced the gift of a stunning landscape painting by William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900) from Hilary Peery Vesell. Hilary donated Autumn Landscape, 1864, in honor of her late father Dr. Elliot Vesell, who served for thirty-two years as the founding chair of Pharmacology at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and twenty-two years as assistant dean of graduate studies at the Penn State College of Medicine. He was recognized as an Evan Pugh Professor, the University’s highest honor, and later a professor emeritus. Dr. Vesell published more than 350 articles on pharmacogenomics and received many awards and honorary degrees including an honorary degree from Penn State University. Dr. Vesell also edited several books and was a scholar of American art. His first publication on American art was written the summer between graduating from Harvard College and starting Harvard Medical Sc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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