Kronos (School of Medicine)

Kronos is the yearbook of the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The Kronos Digital Yearbook Collection provides online, searchable access to the issues. Original copies of the yearbooks are housed in the University Archives and in the Health Sciences Library.

ABOUT THE KRONOS DIGITAL YEARBOOK COLLECTION

Twenty-one yearbooks were published from 1980 to 2001. A yearbook was not published in 2000. The Kronos Digital Yearbook Collection provides online access to the complete holdings of the yearbook. For this digitization project, print copies of the yearbooks were collected from the University Archives, Health Sciences Library, and Alumni Relations. Each issue was scanned and the resulting PDFs were processed with optical character recognition (OCR) software, which enables keyword searching.

Stony Brook University’s School of Medicine opened in Fall 1971. The inaugural class of 17 medical doctors graduated in 1974. The first issue of Kronos was published in 1980, the same year that Stony Brook University Hospital opened its doors and became the region’s first academic medical center. The schools comprising the health sciences and the hospital were founded in response to a report commissioned by New York State Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1963. The School of Medicine was renamed the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University on November 21, 2018.

Specula is the yearbook of Stony Brook University. Yearbooks were published from 1961 (1957-1961) to 2006. A yearbook was not published in 1975. All Specula issues can be accessed online.

ABOUT THE NAME "KRONOS"

From Kronos (1997), page 1:

“A lot of folks have wondered how, or even why, the Stony Brook School of Medicine yearbook, Kronos, got its name. Most of those asked thought that it was cleverly named after Chronos, the Greek God of Time and father of Zeus. The actual explanation baffles the mind. Apparently, some of the witty members of the class of 1980 thought the Health Sciences Center bore a remarkable resemblance to an evil robot in a low budget 1950's sci-fi flick. The anti-social automaton's name? You guessed it - Kronos. Here's the cover of that first yearbook, a tongue-in-cheek replica of a typical horror movie poster.

Here's a bit more folklore for you. Look at the picture [above], and squint a little. Now, if you are doing this correctly, the hospital towers of our beloved University Medical Center form a "U." Now squint harder, because this one is a doozie... Look closely at the Health Sciences Center... Do you see it? Yes, it is an "H." You've passed the most difficult part. Put those two letters together to form the anagram of the University Hospital ("U.H."). Legend has it that it was designed this way to aid the helicopter pilots in finding the right hospital. Ten years later, the administration painted a big red cross on the ground so they would finally land on the correct side of the building!”

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Kronos [2001]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 2001, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1999]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1999, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1998]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1998, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1997]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1997, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1996]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1996, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1995]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1995, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1994]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1994, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1993]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1993, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1992]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1992, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1991]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1991, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1990]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1990, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos 1989

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1989, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1988]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1988, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Soft-bound.
Kronos [1987]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1987, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1986]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1986, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1985]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1985, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1984]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1984, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1983]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1983, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1982]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1982, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1981]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1981, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Hard-bound.
Kronos [1980]

State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine

This edition of Kronos, published in 1980, is the official yearbook of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine. Soft-bound.