![A photocollage of various objects and the words objects of affection.](/sites/default/files/objectsofaffection_0.jpg)
Objects of Affection
![lasker award statue](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-affection-lasker-foundation-award-2.jpg?itok=MpyHxupR)
Lasker Foundation Award (1997)
Eight JHSPH faculty and alumni have received the “the public health Nobel,” including Deans Emeriti Alfred Sommer and D.A. Henderson.
![monroe calculator](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-affection-monroe-calculator.jpg?itok=8JYVJYyP)
Monroe calculator (c. 1925)
This hand-cranked first “computer” at the School was used to tabulate vital statistics from 1918 until about 1960.
![hand-operated water pump](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-affection-water-pump.jpg?itok=Swx0x33_)
Water pump (c. 2000)
Environmental Health Sciences faculty used this device in their research on the health risks of arsenic exposure from shallow tube wells in the Bengal Basin.
![blue glass globe](/sites/default/files/styles/inset_image_1175px/public/object-affection-glass-globe.jpg?itok=ALeAd5xD)
Glass globe (2001)
This keepsake commemorates the renaming of the School in honor of Michael R. Bloomberg’s generous philanthropic commitment.