| Lester Breslow Born: 17-Mar-1915
Birthplace: Bismarck, ND
Died: 9-Apr-2012
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Doctor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dean, UCLA School of Public Health, 1972-80 Military service: US Army (1943-46) Father: Joseph Breslow (pharmacist)
Mother: Mayme Danziger
Brother: Sidney
Brother: Arthur
Wife: Alice Philp (psychologist, m. 14-Jul-1939, div. 1967, three sons)
Son: Jack
Son: Norman
Son: Stephen
Wife: Devra Miller (m. 20-Aug-1967, until his death)
High School: West High School, Minneapolis, MN (1932)
University: BA Psychology, University of Minnesota (1935)
Medical School: MD, University of Minnesota (1938)
University: MPH, University of Minnesota (1941)
Professor: Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles
Administrator: Dean, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles (1972-80)
Annual Review of Public Health Founding Editor (1978-90)
California State Official Dir. of Public Health (1965-68)
California State Official Chief, Bureau of Chronic Diseases, Health Dept. (1946-60)
American Public Health Association President (1968-69)
American Schools of Public Health President (1973-75)
Institute of Medicine
International Epidemiological Association President (1967-68)
Risk Factors: Stuttering
Author of books:
A Life in Public Health: An Insider's Retrospective (2004, memoir)
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