| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 162: Two Auburn men convinced the Legislature in 1935 that the state needed a Department of Toxicology and Criminal Investigation at Auburn. ... Nixon (in white hat) became the first state toxicologist in Alabama. While a helper fanned away flies with a pine limb in 1938, he helped examine a body taken from south Alabama waters to find the cause of death. Rehling, Nixon's assistant and successor as toxicologist, later led the department to national recognition in solving crimes. Photo source: Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
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