Background
Benenson, Abram Salmon was born on January 22, 1914 in Napanoch, New York, United States. Son of Jacob and Sonia (Mekler) Benenson.
Benenson, Abram Salmon was born on January 22, 1914 in Napanoch, New York, United States. Son of Jacob and Sonia (Mekler) Benenson.
Bachelor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1933. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, New York City, 1937.
Commanding officer, Tropical Research Medical Laboratory, San Juan, 1952-1954; director experimental medicine, United States Army, Fort Detrick, Maryland., 1954-1955; director immunology division, Walter Reed Institute Research, Washington, 1957-1960; director communicable disease and immunology, Walter Reed Institute Research, Washington, 1960-1962; director science advisory, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, East Pakistan, 1962-1966; professor preventive medicine and microbiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1966-1969; professor, department chairman of community medicine, U. Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, 1969-1977; director, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama, 1977-1981; professor division of epidemiology biostatistics, Graduate School Public Health, San Diego State University, 1982-1992; professor emeritus, Graduate School Public Health, San Diego State University, since 1992; head, Graduate School Public Health, San Diego State University, 1982-1990; professor department family and preventive medicine, University of California, San Diego, since 1982. Director committee immunization, director subcommittee disease control Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, Washington.
Board of directors Project Concern International Task Force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, San Diego County. Colonel United States Army, 1940-1962.
Married Regina van Aalten, May 20, 1939. Children: Michael W., Thomas R., James S., Sonia A.