Background
Justus Julius Schifferes was born on September 6, 1907, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
Justus Julius Schifferes was born on September 6, 1907, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
Schifferes attended Yale University. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Philosophy in health education from Columbia University.
A founder and managing editor of Modern Medicine magazine for about 10 years, Schifferes was also founder and director of the Health Education Council, beginning in 1945. Schifferes also taught health and hygiene at Columbia University and was medical editor of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He was also heard on the radio program “Psychologically Speaking.”
(Covers in detail important health topics such as mental h...)
1975Schifferes was married and had 2 children, Charlotte A. and Stephen A. His wife's name is Cecile.