Elinor Widmont Bodian

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Elinor Widmont Bodian (c. 1920 – September 16, 2011) was an American medical illustrator and abstract artist based around Baltimore, Maryland.

Biography

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Elinor Widmont was born c. 1920 and grew up on her family's farm in Dayton, Ohio.^[1] Her parents worked as a mechanical engineer and a quality control manager.^[1]

She attended Dayton's Fairview High School, graduating in 1939.^[1] After high school, she planned to become a registered nurse, enrolling at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing.^[1] However, one of her professors noticed her talent for illustration, and she was referred to the School of Arts as Applied to Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, where she graduated as a certified medical illustrator in 1944.^[1]

She would go on to spend 40 years as a medical illustrator at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.^[1]^[2] Her first notable contribution to the field came in 1946, when she illustrated Richard Wesley TeLinde's seminal Operative Gynecology, which she would help update throughout its first six editions.^[1]^[3]

In 1944, Elinor married fellow Hopkins alum David Bodian, a medical scientist who laid the groundwork for the polio vaccine.^[1]^[2]^[4] They collaborated frequently, with Elinor illustrating some of David's articles throughout his career.^[2]^[4] The couple had five children and were married until his death in 1992.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Elinor Widmont Bodian also worked as an abstract painter.^[1]^[2]^[4] Her paintings have been exhibited at the Baltimore Museum of Art, among other venues.^[1] In addition, she was known as an anti-bigotry and anti-war activist.^[1]

At Johns Hopkins, the Elinor Widmont Bodian Scholarship in Medical Art was established in her honor in 2000.^[1]^[6]

Despite debilitating arthritis, she continued to paint until her final days.^[1] She died in 2011 at age 90.^[1]^[7]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Rasmussen, Frederick N. (2011-09-28). "Elinor W. Bodian". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Fee, Elizabeth; Parry, Manon (2006). "David Bodian, 15 May 1910-18 September 1992". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 150 (1): 167–172. ISSN 0003-049X.
^ "Richard TeLinde, 95, Doctor and Educator". The New York Times. 1989-11-26. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c Molliver, Mark E. (2012). "David Bodian: 1910-1992" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ Saxon, Wolfgang (1992-09-22). "David Bodian, 82, Leading Force In Development of Polio Vaccines". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ "Medical and Biological Illustration, MA". Johns Hopkins University Academic Catalogue. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ Spring 2012, Published (2012-03-01). "In memoriam". The Hub. Retrieved 2024-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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