The lecture is given in memory of long-time Medical Heritage Center supporter and Advisory Committee founding member, Paul Metzger, MD (1925—2014), who had a great sense of admiration for Starling Loving and wished a lecture be held to highlight his significance to the medical heritage of the region. Paul Metzger, MD, Memorial Lecture, January 15, 2015, The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library Medical Heritage Center, Columbus, Ohio.An informative evening about the life of Dr. Starling Loving (1827—1911), presented by Medical Heritage Center Scholar-in-Residence George W. Paulson, MD. Dr. Loving was one of the first important leaders of medical education in Columbus. The lecture reviews central Ohio's early medical history, draw pa...